Sigurimi
Sign in to saveThe Directorate of State Security (, DSSh), commonly called the Sigurimi (which in Albanian means "Security"), was the state security, intelligence and secret police service of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. Its proclaimed goal was maintaining state security of Albania, which meant it de facto also served to suppress opposing political activity among the populace and preserve the existing political system. It was regarded as one of the most feared, most repressive, and most brutal secret police agencies to ever exist.
Key facts
- Government agency.agency_name
- Directorate of State Security
- Government agency.nativename
- Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit
- Government agency.motto
- "Për popullin, me popullin" ("For the people, with the people")
- Government agency.seal
- Sigurimi.svg
- Government agency.seal_width
- 200px
- Government agency.formed
- 10 December 1944
- Government agency.dissolved
- 15 August 1991
- Government agency.superseding
- SHIK
- Government agency.headquarters
- Tirana, People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- Government agency.parent_agency
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit
- Employees
- 1030000
- Motto
- Për popullin, me popullin
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- inception
- 1944-12-14
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1991-08-15
- native label
- Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit
- Commons category
- Sigurimi
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The Directorate of State Security (, DSSh), commonly called the Sigurimi (which in Albanian means "Security"), was the state security, intelligence and secret police service of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. Its proclaimed goal was maintaining state security of Albania, which meant it de facto also served to suppress opposing political activity among the populace and preserve the existing political system. It was regarded as one of the most feared, most repressive, and most brutal secret police agencies to ever exist.
In 2008 the Albanian parliament discussed opening the so-called "Sigurimi files", but the Socialist Party of Albania contested it. A government commission, created in 2015, has been assigned the task of publicizing the Sigurimi files and identifying candidates for public office who had collaborated with the communist regime; however, as of early 2017, the commission has not yet started its work, and critics have pointed out that most of the files were probably destroyed long ago.