Directorate of General Security

For the later Iraqi domestic intelligence agency, see General Security Directorate (Iraq).

Directorate of General Security
al-Amn al-‘Amm
Former DGS logo
Agency overview
Formed1921 under the Ministry of the Interior
JurisdictionGovernment of Iraq
HeadquartersBaghdad, Iraq
Agency executive
  • Rafi abd al-Latif Tilfah al-Tikriti (1997–2003), Last Director
Parent agencyIndependent

The Directorate of General Security (DGS) (Arabic: مديرية الأمن العام, romanized: Mudiria al-Amn al-‘Amm, lit. 'Public Security Directorate') also known as Internal State Security is a domestic Iraqi intelligence agency.[1]

  1. ^ Hiltermann, Joost. Bureaucracy of Repression: The Iraqi Government in Its Own Words. Human Rights Watch, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2019.