Securitate
Government agency
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The Securitate was the popular term for the Departamentul Securității Statului, the secret police agency of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Previously, before the communist regime, Romanian secret police was called Siguranța Statului. It was... Wikipedia
Founded: August 30, 1948, Romania
Headquarters: Bucharest
Agency executives: Gheorghe Pintilie, director, (1948–63, first); Iulian Vlad, head, (1987–89, last);
Dissolved: 30 December 1989
Parent agency: Ministry of Interior (1948–51, 1955–89); Ministry of State Security (1951–55)