Ministry for State Security
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Ministry for State Security or Ministry of State Security may refer to several state security ministries:
- Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China
- Ministry for State Security (USSR)Ministry for State Security (USSR)The Ministry of State Security was the name of Soviet secret police from 1946 to 1953.-Origins of the MGB:The MGB was just one of many incarnations of the Soviet State Security apparatus. Since the revolution, the Bolsheviks relied on a strong political police or security force to support and...
- Ministry for State Security (East Germany)
- Ministry for State Security (Turkmenistan)
- Ministry of State Security (Transnistria)Ministry of State Security (Transnistria)The Ministry of State Security is the Transnistrian state security service. It was formed on 16 May 1992, and as of April 2010 is headed by Vladimir Antyufeyev. The ministry is headquartered in Tiraspol.-External links:* * *...
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- South African Bureau of State SecuritySouth African Bureau of State SecurityThe South African Bureau for State Security was established in 1969 and replaced by the National Intelligence Service in 1980. The Bureau's job was to monitor national security...
- State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus
- Committee for State SecurityCommittee for State SecurityThe Committee for State Security , popularly known as State Security was the name of the Bulgarian secret service during the Communist rule of Bulgaria and the Cold War ....
in the People's Republic of Bulgaria - KGBKGBThe KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
(Committee for State Security), in the Soviet Union - SigurimiSigurimiThe Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit , commonly called the Sigurimi, was the state security, intelligence and secret police service of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania...
(Directorate of State Security) in the Socialist People's Republic of Albania - Main Directorate of State Security in the Soviet Union
- People's Commissariat for State Security (Soviet Union)
- State Security CouncilState Security CouncilThe State Security Council presided over the National Security Management System of president P W Botha's apartheid regime in South Africa. Its function was to advise the government on formulating and executing national security policy. Botha himself chaired the SSC, which was served by a...
in South Africa - State Security Department
- SecuritateSecuritateThe Securitate was the secret police agency of Communist Romania. Previously, the Romanian secret police was called Siguranţa Statului. Founded on August 30, 1948, with help from the Soviet NKVD, the Securitate was abolished in December 1989, shortly after President Nicolae Ceaușescu was...
(State Security Department) in Communist Romania - UDBAUDBAThe Department of State Security was the secret police organization of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.Although it operated with more restraint than other secret...
(State Security Directorate) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - State Security IntelligenceState Security IntelligenceThe Egyptian State Security Investigations Service was the highest national investigating authority in Egypt. Estimated to employ 100,000 people, the SSI was the main security apparatus of Egypt's Ministry of Interior and had the role of controlling opposition groups, both armed groups and those...
in Egypt - Belgian State Security ServiceBelgian State Security ServiceThe Belgian State Security Service, known in Dutch as Veiligheid van de Staat, or Staatsveiligheid , and in French as Sûreté de l'État , is a Belgian intelligence agency...
- State Security ServiceState Security ServiceState Security Service is the primary domestic intelligence agency of Nigeria. It is primarily responsible for the gathering of intelligence within the country and for the protection of senior government officials, particularly the President and state governors. It is one of three successor...
Nigeria - United States Department of Homeland SecurityUnited States Department of Homeland SecurityThe United States Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet department of the United States federal government, created in response to the September 11 attacks, and with the primary responsibilities of protecting the territory of the United States and protectorates from and responding to...
in the United States