National Intelligence and Security Service

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National Intelligence and Security Service የብሔራዊ መረጃና ደኅንነት አገልግሎት
Motto	We shall excel in intelligence and serve loyally
Agency overview
Formed	1941; 83 years ago (1941)
Employees	Classified
Annual budget	Classified
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Ethiopia
Operations jurisdiction	Ethiopia
Constituting instrument	Proclamation 804/2013 Act of Parliament
General nature	Federal law enforcement
Operational structure
Headquarters	Arat Kilo, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
9°01′06″N 38°45′44″E / 9.01833°N 38.76222°E / 9.01833; 38.76222
Agency executive	Redwan Hussien, Director General
Parent agency	Office of the Prime Minister Ministry of Peace
Divisions	Head Office Central Investigations Internal Security Foreign Research and Studies Technical Department Counter-Terrorism Division Federal Training Center Immigration & Nationalities Economic Security Refugees Office
Website
niss.gov.et

The National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) (Amharic: የብሔራዊ መረጃና ደህንነት አገልግሎት) is an intelligence agency of the Ethiopian federal government tasked to defend, protect and advance the national security and interests of Ethiopia. It collects, analyzes and disseminates intelligence for decision makers. It also is one of two national law enforcement agencies in Ethiopia next to the Federal Police Commission. It tackles drug trafficking, cybercrime, arms trafficking, human, and other domestic or international organized crime.

NISS organizes and leads the Joint Security and Intelligence Task Force established to maintain peace and security across the country. NISS also conducts counter-terrorism activities in collaboration with the different counterpart intelligence agencies and also with the Ethiopian Federal Police , Ethiopian National Defense Force, and other regional security bodies. It was re-established in 2013 GC and renamed the National Intelligence and Security Service although it already has a long extensive prior history in different format and shapes over the course of over 80 years under the Imperial government during Emperor Haile Selassie I and onward through 3 different governmental constitutions and changes.

It is a huge contributor to Ethiopia's resources to Interpol and Afripol as the country's main agency against continental and international related crimes. Contributing to many signed agreements between African, and overseas countries in distrusting illegal activities within said borders and activities.