Back المديرية العامة للأمن الخارجي Arabic Генеральны дырэктарат знешняй бяспекі Byelorussian দিরেক্সিওঁ জেনেরাল দ্য লা সেক্যুরিতে এক্সতেরিয়্যর Bengali/Bangla Direcció General de la Seguretat Exterior Catalan Direction générale de la Sécurité extérieure German Direkcio Ĝenerala de la Sekureco Ekstera Esperanto Dirección General de Seguridad Exterior Spanish Direction générale de la Sécurité extérieure Estonian اداره کل امنیت خارجی Persian DGSE Finnish
| Direction générale de la Sécurité extérieure | |
 Seal of the DGSE | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 2 April 1982 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of France |
| Headquarters | 141 Boulevard Mortier, Paris XX, France 48°52′28″N 2°24′24″E / 48.8744°N 2.4067°E |
| Motto | Partout où nécessité fait loi "Wherever necessity makes law" |
| Employees | 7,000[1] |
| Annual budget | €880 million (2021)[2] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent Ministry | Ministry of Armed Forces |
| Website | www |
The Directorate-General for External Security (French: Direction générale de la Sécurité extérieure, pronounced [diʁɛksjɔ̃ ʒeneʁal də la sekyʁite ɛksteʁjœʁ], DGSE) is France's foreign intelligence agency, equivalent to the British MI6 and the American CIA, established on 2 April 1982.[3] The DGSE safeguards French national security through intelligence gathering and conducting paramilitary and counterintelligence operations abroad, as well as economic espionage.[4] The service is currently headquartered in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, but construction has begun on a new headquarters at Fort Neuf de Vincennes, in Vincennes, on the eastern edge of Paris.[5][6]
The DGSE operates under the direction of the French Ministry of Armed Forces and works alongside its domestic counterpart, the DGSI (General Directorate for Internal Security). As with most other intelligence agencies, details of its operations and organization are classified and not made public.[7]
The DGSE follows a system which it refers to as LEDA. L stands for loyalty (loyauté), E stands for elevated standards (exigence), D stands for discretion (discrétion) and A stands for adaptability (adaptabilité). These characteristics are viewed as essential in managing intelligence work and in collaborating with agents, authorities and partners.[8]
- ^ An article on the french newspaper Le Point | View on Le Point website
- ^ "La DGSE (renseignement) renforce ses moyens face à la montée des dangers". Capital.fr (in French). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ Aleksander Olech, French and Polish fight against terrorism, Poznan 2022, p. 70; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359135918_French_and_Polish_fight_against_terrorism
- ^ Zachary Keck, "Robert Gates: Most Countries Conduct Economic Espionage" (The Diplomat, 23 May 2014).
- ^ "Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure (DGSE)" (Archive). Service-public.fr (French government). Retrieved on 31 January 2014. "141, boulevard Mortier 75020 Paris"
- ^ Moreaux, Anne (7 May 2021). "La DGSE aura un nouveau siège à Vincennes en 2028" [The DGSE will have a new headquarters in Vincennes in 2028]. Mesinfos (in French). Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ DGS. 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Aleksander Olech, French and Polish fight against terrorism, Poznan 2022, p. 71; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359135918_French_and_Polish_fight_against_terrorism
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