Public Security ( Bulgarian. Public Security ) - a department of the Bulgarian police that performed the functions of political investigation .
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| A country |  Bulgaria |
| Created by | 1907 |
| Dissolved (converted) | 1925 |
| Headquarters | Sofia |
History
Created in 1907 under the Law on the Metropolitan Police. Initially, it was one of the three branches of the Office of the Sofia city governor and included six bureaus: the judicial police, the palace police (with security functions), the customs police, the control bureau, to combat the anarchists , communications and public institutions.
After Bulgaria joined the bloc of the Central Powers , during the First World War, the Bulgarian special services collaborated with the special services of Germany and Austria-Hungary .
In 1919 it was allocated to an independent department.
After the military coup on June 9, 1923, the department actively participated in the repression of the opposition - during the suppression of the June peasant uprising of 1923, the September uprising of 1923 and during the events of April 1925 .
In January 1924, the Law on the Protection of the State was adopted, according to which the Bulgarian special services received additional powers.
Since 1925, it was transformed into the Department of State Security ( Bulgarian. Darzhivna sigurnost ) of the Police Directorate, and the number of bureaus was reduced to five: departments "A", "B", "C", "G" and "D".
In 1941 - 1944, Department A (specializing in the communist underground) was headed by Nikola Geshev , who was famous for the effectiveness of political investigation and recruitment.
Links
- History of a specialty service in Bulgaria (Bulgarian)