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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Guardian
| logo = The Guardian 2018.svg
| type = Akhbar harian
| format = [[Broadsheet]] (1821–2005)<br>[[Berliner]] (2005–2018)<br>[[Tabloid]] (sejak 2018)
| owners = [[Guardian Media Group]]
| founder = [[John Edward Taylor]]
| publisher = [[Guardian Media Group]]
| editor = [[Katharine Viner]]
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1821|5|5|df=yes}} (as ''The Manchester Guardian'', dinamakan semula sebagai ''The Guardian'' pada tahun 1959)
| political = [[Tengah kiri]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/business/media/guardian-tabloid-uk.html|title=The Guardian, Britain's Left-Wing News Power, Goes Tabloid|publisher=New York Times|author=Amie Tsang |date=15 January 2018|accessdate=24 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8282189.stm|title=The politics of UK newspapers |publisher=BBC News |author=|date=30 September 2009|accessdate=24 January 2019}}</ref>
| language = bahasa Inggeris
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| headquarters = [[Kings Place]], [[London]]
| circulation = 136,834
| sister newspapers = ''[[The Observer]]''<br />''[[The Guardian Weekly]]''
| ISSN = 0261-3077
| eISSN = 1756-3224
| oclc = 60623878
| website = {{url|https://theguardian.com|TheGuardian.com}}
| circulation_ref = <ref>[https://www.abc.org.uk/product/2451 "The Guardian"], ABC, November 2018.</ref>
| circulation_date = November 2018
| image_border = yes
| publishing_country = [[United Kingdom]]
}}

'''''The Guardian''''' ("Pelindung") ialah sebuah akhbar harian United Kingdom. Ia mula terbit pada tahun 1821 dengan nama '''''The Manchester Guardian''''' sehingga mendapat nama terkenal ia pada tahun 1959. Ia dan ''[[The Observer]]'' adalah sebahagian daripada [[Guardian Media Group]] milik [[Scott Trust Limited|Scott Trust]] - yayasan ini ditubuhkan pada 1936 untuk "menjamin kebebasan kewangan dan redaksi The Guardian untuk selama-lamanya" serta menjaga kebebasan kewartawanan dan nilai-nilai [[liberalisme|liberal]] The Guardian daripada campur tangan komersial dan politik".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/the-scott-trust/2015/jul/26/the-scott-trust The Scott Trust: values and history], teks asal: "to secure the financial and editorial independence of the Guardian in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of the Guardian free from commercial or political interference"</ref>

Akhbar ini ditubuhkan pada 1821 sebagai ''The Manchester Guardian'' di [[Manchester]] oleh [[John Edward Taylor]], seorang saudagar kapas dengan bantuan kewangan oleh segolongan peniaga berfahaman [[nonkonformisme|tidak konformis]] diberi jolokan "[[Little Circle]]";<ref name="G">{{cite news|title=Battle for the memory of Peterloo: Campaigners demand fitting tribute |work=The Guardian |date=13 Ogos 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/aug/13/britishidentity.artnews |accessdate=26 Mac 2008 | location=London|last=Wainwright|first=Martin}}</ref> ia dibuka berikutan tindak balas daripada suatu peristiwa dahsyat di [[Dataran St. Peter, Manchester]] di mana [[Pembunuhan beramai-ramai di Dataran St Peter, Manchester|ratusan penunjuk perasaan yang menuntut reformasi Parlimen di tempat berkenaan diserang pengawal berkuda diraja]] sehingga 18 orang maut. Salah satu akhbar di kota tersebut, ''[[Manchester Observer]]'', begitu menonjol dalam sokongan [[radikal]]nya terhadap perjuangan para penunjuk perasaan tersebut; pihak polis memaksa penghentian penerbitan akhbar ini dan akhbar ''Guardian'' dibuka Taylor sebagai tindak balas penutupan ini.<ref>{{cite news|author=Editorial|title=The Manchester Guardian, born 5 May 1821: 190 years&nbsp;– work in progress|date=4 Mei 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/may/05/manchester-guardian-work-in-progress}}</ref> Nama ia ditukar kepada nama terkini pada 24 Ogos 1959 sebagai mencerminkan penumpuan menggiat liputan ia terhadap ehwal dalam dan luar negeri oleh akhbar tersebut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive/2002/jun/11/1|title=Key moments in the Guardian's history: a timeline|date=16 November 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>

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==Pautan luar==
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