StB

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State Security

Státní bezpečnost Štátna bezpečnosť
Coat of arms of Czechoslovakia
Agency overview
Formed	30 June 1945
Dissolved	1 February 1990
Superseding agency	Federal Security Information Service
Type	Secret police, Intelligence agency
Jurisdiction	Czechoslovakia
Headquarters	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Agency executives	Jindřich Veselý (1948–1950) Osvald Závodský (1950–1951) Ján Hanuliak (1970–1979) Ján Kováč (1979–1985) Alojz Lorenc (1985–1989)
Parent agency	National Security Corps

State Security (Czech: Státní bezpečnost, Slovak: Štátna bezpečnosť), or StB / ŠtB, was the secret police force in communist Czechoslovakia from 1945 to its dissolution in 1990. Serving as an intelligence and counter-intelligence agency, it dealt with any activity that was considered opposition to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the state.