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| Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit | |
 Sigurimi | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 10 December 1944 |
| Dissolved | 15 August 1991 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Headquarters | Tirana, People's Socialist Republic of Albania |
| Motto | "Për popullin, me popullin" ("For the people, with the people") |
| Parent agency | People's Socialist Republic of Albania |
The Directorate of State Security (Albanian: Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit, DSSh), commonly called the Sigurimi, was the state security, intelligence and secret police service of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.[1][2] Its proclaimed goal was maintaining state security of Albania, but de facto the Sigurimi served to suppress political activity among the populace and preserve the existing political system.[2] It is regarded as one of the most feared and repressive agencies to ever exist.
In 2008 the Albanian parliament discussed opening the so-called "Sigurimi files", but the Socialist Party of Albania contested it.[3] A government commission, created in 2015, has been assigned the task of publicizing the Sigurimi files and identifying candidates for public office who had collaborated with the communist regime; however, as of early 2017, the commission has not yet started its work, and critics have pointed out that most of the files were probably destroyed long ago.[4]
- ^ Dervishi, Kastriot (2012). Sigurimi i Shtetit 1944-1991, historia e policisë politike të regjimit komunist. Tiranë: Shtëpia Botuese "55". p. 250. OCLC 841177824.
- ^ a b Taru Bahl, M. H. Syed (2003). Encyclopaedia of the Muslim World. p. 176. ISBN 9788126114191. Retrieved 2011-04-14.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Sigurimi-dossiers blijven gesloten in Albanië Mondiaal Nieyws
- ^ Brunwasser, Matthew (26 February 2017). "As Albania Reckons with Its Communist Past, Critics Say It's Too Late". The New York Times.