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List of defunct intelligence agencies
Summary
This is a
list of defunct
intelligence agencies
.
Agencies by country
edit
Afghanistan
edit
Istikhbarat (-1978)
Da Afghanistan da Gato da Saatane Adara
(AGSA) (1978-1979)
Komite-ye Amniyat-e Melli
(KAM) (1979-1979)
Khedamat-e Etelea'at-e Dawlati
(KhAD) (1980–1987)
Wazarat-e Amaniat-e Dowlati
(WAD) (1987–1992)
National Directorate of Security
(NDS) (2002–2021)
Albania
edit
Drejtorija e Sigurimit të Shtetit
(Sigurimi) (Directorate of State Security) (1944–1991)
Algeria
edit
Direction des Services de Sécurité
(1990–2016)
Argentina
edit
Batallón de Inteligencia 601
(601 Intelligence Battalion) (late 1970s–2000)
Central Nacional de Inteligencia
(CNI) (National Intelligence Center)
Coordinación de Informaciones de Estado
(CIDE) (State Information Coordination)
División de Informaciones
(Information Division)
Secretaría de Informaciones de Estado
(SIDE) (Secretariat of State Information)
Austro-Hungarian Empire
edit
Evidenzbureau
(1850–1918)
Brazil
edit
Serviço Nacional de Informações
(SNI) (National Information Service) (1964–1990)
Subsecretaria de Inteligência
(SSI) (Sub-Secretariat of Intelligence) (1990–1995)
Bulgaria
edit
Durzhavna Sigurnost
(DS)
Canada
edit
RCMP Security Service
(1950–1984)
Chile
edit
Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional
(DINA) (National Directorate of Intelligence) (1973–1977)
Central Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) (National Intelligence Center)
China / Taiwan
edit
Embroidered Uniform Guard
(1368–1645)
Eastern Depot
(1420–1644)
Bureau of Investigation and Statistics
(1927–1946)
National Committee of Investigations and Statistics
(1935–1949)
Taiwan Garrison Command
Colombia
edit
Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad
(DAS) (Administrative Department of Security) (1960–2011)
Confederate States of America
edit
Confederate Secret Service
Czechoslovakia
edit
Federal Directorate of Intelligence Services (FSZS)
Hlavni Sprava Rozvedky (HSR)
Státní Bezpečnost
(StB)
Dutch East Indies
edit
Politieke Inlichtingendienst
(PID) (1916–1945)
Finland
edit
Ministry of Interior
Etsivä keskuspoliisi
(EK, 1919–1938)
Valtiollinen poliisi
(Valpo I, 1939–1944)
Red Valpo (Valpo II, 1944–1948)
Finnish Defence Forces
Intelligence Research Establishment
(VKoeL, 1960–2014) –
Viestikoelaitos / Signalprovanstalten
Ministry of Defence
Military Intelligence Service
(PVTK, 2007–2014) –
Pääesikunnan tiedusteluosasto
France
edit
Deuxième Bureau
(1871–1940)
Renseignements Généraux
(RG) (1937–2008)
Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage
(SDECE) (1944–1982)
Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire
(DST) (1944–2008)
Federal Republic of Germany
edit
Gehlen Organization
("The Org", "Zipper") (1946–1956)
Office/Center for Intelligence of the Federal Armed Forces (ANBw/ZNBw)
German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
edit
Ministerium für Staatssicherheit
(MfS or
Stasi
) (
Ministry for State Security
) (1950–1990)
Main Directorate for Reconnaissance
(HVA) (1955–1990)
Military Reconnaissance of the
National People's Army
(Militärische Aufklärung der Nationalen Volksarmee) (1956–1990)
German Reich
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Abwehr
(1920–1945)
Abteilung Fremde Heere Ost
(Department Foreign Armies East)
Geheime Staatspolizei
(Gestapo) (Secret State Police) (1933–1945)
Geheime Feldpolizei
(GFP) (Secret Field Police) (1939–1945)
Sicherheitsdienst
(SD) (Security Service) (1931–1945)
Reichssicherheitsdienst
(RSD) (Reich Security Service)
B-Dienst
(Observation Service) (1918–1945)
Naval Intelligence Service
, also called
Nachrichten-Abteilung
(1899–1919)
Abteilung III b
(Department III b) (1889–1918)
Prussian Secret Police
(1851–1933)
Ecuador
edit
National Intelligence Secretariat
(SENAIN)
Egypt
edit
State Security Investigations Service
(SSIS) (1913–2011)
Hong Kong
edit
Special Branch (1930–1995)
Hungary
edit
Államvedélmi Osztály
(ÁVO) (State Protection Department)
Államvédelmi Hatóság
(ÁVH) (State Protection Authority) (1945–1956)
Israel
edit
ha-Lishka le-Kishrei Mada
(Lekem or Lakam) (Bureau of Scientific Relations) (1957–1986)
Italy
edit
Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (
OVRA
) (1927–1945)
Servizio Informazioni Militare
(SIM)
Servizio Informazioni Segrete
(SIS)
Indonesia
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Komando Pemulihan Keamanan dan Ketertiban
(Kopkamtib) (1965–1988)
Badan Koordinasi Stabilitas Nasional
(Bakorstanas) (1988–2000)
Iran
edit
Sazeman-i Ettelaat va Amniyat-i Keshvar
(SAVAK) (National Organization for Intelligence and Security) (1957–1979)
Iraq
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Al-Amn al-‘Amm
(Directorate of General Security) (1922–2003)
Al-Amn al-Khas
(Special Security Organization) (1983–2003)
Al-Istikhabarat al-'Askariyya
(Directorate of General Military Intelligence) (1932–2003)
Jihaz Al-Mukhabarat Al-A'ma
(Iraqi Intelligence Service) (1973–2003)
Ireland
edit
Free State Army Intelligence Department
("Oriel House") (1921–1923)
Criminal Investigation Department
(CID) (1921–1923)
Citizens' Defence Force
Japan
edit
Kempeitai
(1881–1945)
Tokkeitai
Tokkō
(1911–1945)
Libya
edit
Jamahiriya el-Mukhabarat
Malaysia
edit
Malayan Security Service (1939–1948)
Manchukuo
edit
Hoankyoku
(1937–1945)
Netherlands
edit
Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst
(BVD) (Interior Security Service) (1947–2002)
Inlichtingendienst Buitenland
(IDB) (Foreign Intelligence Service) (1946–1994)
Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service
(NEFIS) (1942–1945)
Netherlands Indies Government Information Service
(NIGIS) (1942–1945)
Ottoman Empire
edit
Teşkîlât-ı Mahsûsa
(1913–1918)
Panama
edit
Policia Secreta Nacional (PSN) (La Secreta) (1909–60s first government secret agency)
Guardia Silenciosa Panameñista (GUSIPA) (1930–40s short-lived secret service)
1.Estado Mayor Personal/Sec."E" Asuntos de Seguridad Nacional of PFD General Command
Sub Jefatura de Inspectoria General of PFD General State Major Chieftain
Comando General de la Comision de Defensa y Seguridad (COGECODESE) (security, defense and intelligence PNG/PFD main entity)
Estado Mayor General ('Inteligencia') (G-2) (1950–80s PNG/PDFs military intelligence)
Departamento Nacional de Investigaciones (DENI) (1960–1989)
Philippines
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Philippine Constabulary – Office of Special Investigations
(PC-OSI) (1901–1991)
[1]
Philippine Constabulary – National Constabulary Investigations Service
(PC-NCIS) (1901–1936)
[2]
National Intelligence and Security Authority
(NISA) (1972–1987)
[3]
Civil Intelligence and Security Agency
(CISA) (1972–1987)
[4]
Poland
edit
Oddział II Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego
(1918–1939)
Biuro Szyfrów
(Cypher Bureau)
Estezet
(STZ)
Polish Agency of Trade Information
(PAIH)
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego
(1945–1954)
Komitet do spraw Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego (1954–1956)
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (MSW) (1954–1990)
Departament I MSW
Departament II MSW
Służba Bezpieczeństwa MSW
(SB-MSW) (1956–1990)
Urząd Ochrony Państwa
(UOP) (Office for State Protection) (1990–2001)
Główny Zarząd Informacji Wojska Polskiego
(1944–1957)
Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna
(WSW) (1957–1990)
Oddział II Sztabu Generalnego LWP (1945–1951)
Zarząd II Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego (1951–1990)
Portugal
edit
PIDE
(1933–1969)
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
edit
Federal Intelligence and Security Bureau
Roman Empire
edit
Agentes in rebus
(4th–7th century)
Areani
Bureau of Barbarians
Frumentarii
Praetorian Guard
(27 BC–312 AD)
Romania
edit
Secția a-II-a (Section II) (1859–1908)
Siguranța Statului
(
Siguranța
) (State Security) (1908–1940)
Serviciul Special de Informații (Special Intelligence Service) (1940–1944)
Serviciul de Informații (Intelligence Service) (1944–1948)
Departamentul Securității Statului
(
Securitate
) (Department of State Security) (1948–1991)
Russia
edit
See also
Soviet Union
.
Russian Empire (1721-1917)
edit
Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery
(1826-1880)
Okhrannoye otdeleniye
(Okhrana or
slang
Okhranka) (Security Section) (1866–1917)
Special Corps of Gendarmes (1836–1917)
RSFSR (1917-1922)
edit
Cheka
(1917–1922) (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission)
Russian Federation (1991- )
edit
Federal Counterintelligence Service
(1993-1995)
Serbia
edit
Service for Research and Documentation
(SID) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (1949–2007)
Sri Lanka
edit
Special Branch (1966–1970)
Singapore
edit
Special Branch
Somalia
edit
National Security Service
(NSS) (1970–1990)
South Africa
edit
Bureau of State Security
(BOSS) (1969–1980)
Soviet Union
edit
Cheka
(1917–1922) (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission)
Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravleniye
(GPU) (1922–1923) (State Political Directorate)
Obyedinennoye Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravleniye
(OGPU) (1923–1934) (Joint State Political Directorate)
Narodnyi Kommissariat Vnutrennih Del
(NKVD) (1934–1946) (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs)
Ministerstvo Vnutrennih Del
(MVD) (1946–1954) (Ministry for Internal Affairs)
Ministerstvo Gosudarstvennoi Bezopastnosti
(MGB) (1943–1953) (Ministry for State Security)
Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti
(KGB) (1954–1991) (Committee for State Security)
Spain
edit
Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa
(CESID) (Main Defence Information Centre) (1977–2002)
Political-Social Brigade (BPS/BSI) (1941–1978)
Sweden
edit
IB
("Informationsbyrån")
Turkey
edit
Millî Emniyet Hizmeti Riyâseti
(M.E.H./MAH, between 1926 and 1965)
Uganda
edit
State Research Bureau
Ukraine
edit
Kontrrazvedka
United Kingdom
edit
See also:
MI5
aka
The Security Service
and
MI6
aka
The Secret Intelligence Service
(SIS), that still do exist;
MI13
did though never exist.
MI1
MI2
MI3
MI4
MI7
MI8
MI9
MI10
MI11
MI12
MI14
MI15
MI16
MI17
MI19
Naval Intelligence Division
(NID)
Special Operations Executive (SOE)
United States
edit
Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency
(1948–2014)
Office of Strategic Services
(OSS) (1942–1945)
The Pond
(1942–1955)
National Drug Intelligence Center
(1993-2012)
North Vietnam
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Central Research Agency
South Vietnam
edit
Central Intelligence Office
(1961–1975)
Military Security Directorate
Strategic Technical Directorate
Research and Documentation Office
Intelligence Directorate
Vietnam
edit
Tổng cục An ninh (Tổng cục I) (General Department of Security or First General Department)
Tổng cục Tình báo Công an (Tổng cục V, or TC V) (General Department of Public Security Intelligence or Fifth General Department)
Yugoslavia
edit
UDBA
(1946–1991)
KOS
(
Kontraobaveštajna služba
), Counterintelligence Service (General staff) (1946–1992)
See also
edit
List of law enforcement agencies
Secret service
Secret police
List of intelligence agencies
References
edit
^
"PNP History".
Web Archive
. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17.
^
"PNP History".
Web Archive
. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17.
^
"Brief History".
NICA
.
^
"Brief History".
NICA
.