Serviciul Român de Informatii
Encyclopedia
The Romanian Intelligence Service (, SRI) is the Romania
n domestic intelligence service
. It is considered the descendant of the former Departamentul Securităţii Statului (also called Securitate
), of the Socialist Republic of Romania
. The official decree (No. 181) that created the agency was released on March 26, 1990.
The service functions in collaboration with other branches of the country's security services, although their funds were scaled down and the secret service lost the position the Securitate held.
Under the command of Director George Cristian Maior
, a long-term process of reform commenced implementation at the beginning of 2007. Reforms include structural changes and a redefinition of the service's role.
http://www.balkanalysis.com/romania/2011/04/20/the-romanian-secret-services-politics-and-the-media-a-structural-overview
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n domestic intelligence service
Intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to information gathering for purposes of national security and defence. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public...
. It is considered the descendant of the former Departamentul Securităţii Statului (also called Securitate
Securitate
The Securitate was the secret police agency of Communist Romania. Previously, the Romanian secret police was called Siguranţa Statului. Founded on August 30, 1948, with help from the Soviet NKVD, the Securitate was abolished in December 1989, shortly after President Nicolae Ceaușescu was...
), of the Socialist Republic of Romania
Communist Romania
Communist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions...
. The official decree (No. 181) that created the agency was released on March 26, 1990.
The service functions in collaboration with other branches of the country's security services, although their funds were scaled down and the secret service lost the position the Securitate held.
Under the command of Director George Cristian Maior
George Cristian Maior
George-Cristian Maior is the director of the Romanian Intelligence Service ....
, a long-term process of reform commenced implementation at the beginning of 2007. Reforms include structural changes and a redefinition of the service's role.
External links
Official site Chronology- Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF; Working Paper No. 111; Larry L. Watts: Control and oversight of security Intelligence in Romania http://www.dcaf.ch/publications/Working_Papers/111.pdf
- Balkanalysis.com, 'The Romanian Secret Services, Politics and the Media: a Strategic Overview'
http://www.balkanalysis.com/romania/2011/04/20/the-romanian-secret-services-politics-and-the-media-a-structural-overview