Комитет государственной безопасности Республики Беларусь | |
KGB headquarters in Minsk | |
Special service overview | |
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Formed | 23 October 1991 |
Preceding agencies | |
Jurisdiction | Belarus |
Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus 53°53′56″N 27°33′16″E / 53.89889°N 27.55444°E |
Employees | Classified |
Annual budget | Classified |
Special service executive |
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Website | kgb |
The State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB RB; ‹See Tfd›Russian: Комитет государственной безопасности Республики Беларусь, КГБ РБ; Belarusian: Камітэт дзяржаўнай бяспекі Рэспублікі Беларусь, КДБ РБ, romanized: Kamitet dziaržaŭnaj biaspieki Respubliki Belarus', KDB RB) is the national intelligence agency of Belarus. Along with its counterparts in Transnistria and South Ossetia,[1] it kept the unreformed name after declaring independence.
It is the successor to the KGB of the Byelorussian SSR, a branch of the Soviet KGB which operated in the Byelorussian republic. Felix Dzerzhinsky, who founded the first Soviet secret police, the Cheka, was born in present-day Belarus and remains an important figure in the state ideology of Belarus under president Alexander Lukashenko as well as a patron of the Belarusian KGB. It is governed by the law About State Security Bodies of the Republic of Belarus.[2]
The KGB has command over the Alpha Group as the main counter-terrorist unit, and they can be tasked to help the Militsiya and other law enforcement organizations in anti-crime operations.[citation needed]