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| Hay'ada Nabadsugida Qaranka (Somali) | |
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| Governmental overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 8 January 1970 |
| Dissolved | 1990 |
| Superseding Governmental | |
| Type | Intelligence agency Secret police |
| Jurisdiction | Supreme Revolutionary Council |
| Headquarters | Mogadishu |
| Governmental executive |
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| Parent department | Interior Ministry of the Somali Democratic Republic |
The National Security Service (NSS) (Somali: Hay'ada Nabadsugida Qaranka, HNQ) was the primary intelligence agency of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1970 to 1990. The NSS was formed as the secret police under the government of Siad Barre in 1970, modelled after the KGB of the Soviet Union, and was formally dissolved in 1990 shortly before Barre's overthrow. In 2013, the Federal Government of Somalia re-established the NSS as the national intelligence service, renaming it the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA).