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    (Albanian: Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit, DSSh) commonly called the Sigurimi, was the state security, intelligence and secret police service of the...
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  • created in 1991 by the Albanian People's Assembly. It was the successor to Sigurimi, the notorious secret service agency which repressed anti-communist dissent...
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    coastline in 1950 involved a conflict between Albanian Hoxhaist secret forces (Sigurimi), and multiple British teams supported by MI6. In preparation for the landing...
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    ethnic territory, further fueling the tensions between the two nations. The Sigurimi, Albania’s secret police, played a significant role in fomenting separatism...
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    ideological purity and spreading propaganda. Her relationship with the Sigurimi secret police is widely discussed.[better source needed] Nexhmije later...
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    Feçor Shehu (category Directors of the Sigurimi)
    politician of Communist Albania who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Sigurimi from 1978 to 1982. Shehu was born in Mallakaster District in 1923. Although...
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  • were expelled from all over Albania by the Albanian People's Army and the Sigurimi led by Enver Hoxha and Kadri Hazbiu. Also, during the expulsion, a Bosniak...
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    helicopters, and four Il-14 transport planes. The Directorate of State Security (Sigurimi) was the Albanian version of the Soviet KGB responsible for state security...
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    developments coincided with political repression by the secret police, the Sigurimi, for the purposes of preventing a counter-revolution, which included dismissal...
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    Threat Reduction. In the early 1960s, the Albanian intelligence services (Sigurimi), allegedly under the leadership of Kadri Hazbiu, engaged in clandestine...
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    Ilir Rexhep Meta (Albanian pronunciation: [iliɾ meta]; born 24 March 1969) is an Albanian politician. He served as the president of Albania from 24 July...
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    Soviet Union – KGB Czechoslovakia – STB and LM Bulgaria – KDS Albania – Sigurimi Hungary – ÁVH and Munkásőrség Romania – Securitate and GP Poland – Urząd...
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    Kadri Hazbiu (category Directors of the Sigurimi)
    October 1982. He was the chief of the Directorate of State Security (the Sigurimi), Albania's secret police, and Deputy Internal Affairs Minister from 1950...
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    Albania. It opened on 23 May 2017 in the building that served as the Sigurimi's headquarters during the communist era. The museum is "dedicated to the...
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    all key officials in the government, as well as prominent members of the Sigurimi. The Central Committee directed Party activities between Party Congresses...
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    during the Cold War. During the rule of Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha, the Sigurimi secret police imprisoned thousands in forced-labour camps. Spaç Prison...
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    States Greece  Italy Non-state allies: EDES CIA Opponents Communist Albania Albanian People's Army Sigurimi Battles and wars Cold War Operation Valuable...
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    was disseminated by government-controlled media outlets. Internally, the Sigurimi used the same repressive methods which were used by the NKVD, the MGB,...
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  • group. The Sigurimi detachment, headed by Xhezo Makashi, began a crackdown of the region and the Black Hand çete clashed with the Sigurimi & Albanian...
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  • Republic of Bulgaria KGB (Committee for State Security), in the Soviet Union Sigurimi (Directorate of State Security) in the Socialist People's Republic of Albania...
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    Workers' Power (1967–1973) Workers' Autonomy (1973–1979) Supported by: RAF Sigurimi (alleged) PLO (alleged) KGB (alleged) Stasi (alleged) Mukhabarat el-Jamahiriya...
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  • publicly discussed the alleged involvement of the Albanian security service Sigurimi in the protests. The demand that Kosovo become the seventh republic of...
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    Affairs. The latter post made him commander of the secret police, the Sigurimi. In 1954, he succeeded Hoxha as Prime Minister. From 1974 he was also the...
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    Minister and Minister of Interior, also head of the State Security Service Sigurimi. They first pushed towards relationship with the Soviet Union, then later...
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    satire, and coded messages. In 1990, to escape the Communist regime and its Sigurimi secret police he defected to Paris. His works have been published in 45...
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    bunkers. Under Hoxha, Vlorë served as an important recruiting centre for the Sigurimi; the Albanian state security, intelligence and secret police service. In...
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  • Intelligence Service), active in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Sigurimi (Directorate of State Security), active in the People's Socialist Republic...
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    was reestablished under President Ramiz Alia. During all these years, Sigurimi which was the Albanian secret service during the period and was formed...
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  • 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2023. "Malindi: Për UFO-t në Tomorr kishtedijeni Sigurimi i Shtetit,Kapo e Nushi - Shqiptarja.com". shqiptarja.com (in Albanian)...
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  • legitimate retribution for executions being done by the Communist Party and Sigurimi. The Committees struggle was characterized as national - for the rights...
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