Securitate

The Department of State Security, commonly known as the Securitate, was the secret police agency of the Socialist Republic of Romania. It was founded on 30 August 1948 from... Wikipedia

• Formed:  30 August 1948 (as the DGSP)
• Preceding agencies:  Siguranța, SMERSH of Romania, Mobile Brigade
• Dissolved:  30 December 1989
• Superseding agencies:  Romanian Intelligence Service, Foreign Intelligence Service, Protection and Guard Service, Special Telecommunication Service
• Type:  Secret police, Intelligence agency
• Jurisdiction:  Romania
• Headquarters:  Bucharest
• Employees:  15,312 Securitate employees (1989), 23,370 Security Troops (1989), c. 400,000 informants (1989)
• executives:  Gheorghe Pintilie, director, (1948–1959, first), Iulian Vlad, head, (1987–1989, last)
• Parent agency:  Ministry of Interior (1948–1951, 1955–1989), Ministry of State Security (1951–1955)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo