National Security Service (Somalia)

National Security Service
Hay'ada Nabadsugida Qaranka (Somali)
Coat of Arms of the Somali Democratic Republic
Governmental overview
Formed8 January 1970
Dissolved1990
Superseding Governmental
TypeIntelligence agency
Secret police
JurisdictionSupreme Revolutionary Council
HeadquartersMogadishu
Governmental executive
Parent departmentInterior 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).