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State Security
Státní bezpečnost Štátna bezpečnosť
Coat of arms of Czechoslovakia
Agency overview
Formed
30 June 1945
Dissolved
1 February 1990
Superseding agency
Federal Security Information Service
Type
Secret police, Intelligence agency
Jurisdiction
Czechoslovakia
Headquarters
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Agency executives
Jindřich Veselý (1948–1950)
Osvald Závodský (1950–1951)
Ján Hanuliak (1970–1979)
Ján Kováč (1979–1985)
Alojz Lorenc (1985–1989)
Parent agency
National Security Corps
State Security (Czech: Státní bezpečnost, Slovak: Štátna bezpečnosť) or StB / ŠtB, was the secret police force in communist Czechoslovakia from 1945 to its dissolution in 1990. Serving as an intelligence and counter-intelligence agency, it dealt with any activity that was considered opposition to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the state.
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