List of defunct intelligence agencies

This is a list of defunct intelligence agencies.

Agencies by country

Afghanistan

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

Drejtorija e Sigurimit të Shtetit (Sigurimi) (Directorate of State Security) (1944–1991)

Algeria

Direction des Services de Sécurité (1990–2016)

Argentina

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

Evidenzbureau (1850–1918)

Brazil

Serviço Nacional de Informações (SNI) (National Information Service) (1964–1990)
Subsecretaria de Inteligência (SSI) (Sub-Secretariat of Intelligence) (1990–1995)

Bulgaria

Durzhavna Sigurnost (DS)

Canada

RCMP Security Service (1950–1984)

Chile

Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) (National Directorate of Intelligence) (1973–1977)
Central Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) (National Intelligence Center)

China / Taiwan

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

Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) (Administrative Department of Security) (1960–2011)

Finland

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

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

Gehlen Organization ("The Org", "Zipper") (1946–1956)
Office/Center for Intelligence of the Federal Armed Forces (ANBw/ZNBw)

German Democratic Republic (East Germany)

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

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

National Intelligence Secretariat (SENAIN)

Egypt

State Security Investigations Service (SSIS) (1913–2011)

Hong Kong

Special Branch (1930–1995)

Hungary

Államvedélmi Osztály (ÁVO) (State Protection Department)
Államvédelmi Hatóság (ÁVH) (State Protection Authority) (1945–1956)

Israel

ha-Lishka le-Kishrei Mada (Lekem or Lakam) (Bureau of Scientific Relations) (1957–1986)

Italy

Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (OVRA) (1927–1945)
Servizio Informazioni Militare (SIM)
Servizio Informazioni Segrete (SIS)

Indonesia

Komando Pemulihan Keamanan dan Ketertiban (Kopkamtib) (1965–1988)
Badan Koordinasi Stabilitas Nasional (Bakorstanas) (1988–2000)

Iran

Sazeman-i Ettelaat va Amniyat-i Keshvar (SAVAK) (National Organization for Intelligence and Security) (1957–1979)

Iraq

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

Free State Army Intelligence Department ("Oriel House") (1921–1923)
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) (1921–1923)
Citizens' Defence Force

Japan

Kempeitai (1881–1945)
Tokkeitai
Tokkō (1911–1945)

Libya

Jamahiriya el-Mukhabarat

Malaysia

Malayan Security Service (1939–1948)

Manchukuo

Hoankyoku (1937–1945)

Netherlands

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

Teşkîlât-ı Mahsûsa (1913–1918)

Panama

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

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

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

PIDE (1933–1969)

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Federal Intelligence and Security Bureau

Roman Empire

Romania

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

Russian Empire (1721-1917)

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)

Cheka (1917–1922) (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission)

Russian Federation (1991- )

Federal Counterintelligence Service (1993-1995)

Serbia

Service for Research and Documentation (SID) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (1949–2007)

Sri Lanka

Special Branch (1966–1970)

Singapore

Special Branch

Somalia

National Security Service (NSS) (1970–1990)

South Africa

Bureau of State Security (BOSS) (1969–1980)

Soviet Union

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

Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa (CESID) (Main Defence Information Centre) (1977–2002)
Political-Social Brigade (BPS/BSI) (1941–1978)

Sweden

IB ("Informationsbyrån")

Turkey

Millî Emniyet Hizmeti Riyâseti (M.E.H./MAH, between 1926 and 1965)

Uganda

State Research Bureau

Ukraine

Kontrrazvedka

United Kingdom

See also: MI5 aka The Security Service and MI6 aka The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), that still do exist; MI13 did though never exist.

United States

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

Central Research Agency

South Vietnam

Vietnam

- 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

UDBA (1946–1991)
KOS (Kontraobaveštajna služba), Counterintelligence Service (General staff) (1946–1992)

References

^ "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.

[1] "PNP History". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17.

[2] "PNP History". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17.

[3] "Brief History". NICA.

[4] "Brief History". NICA.

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