State Security Directorate (Serbia)

State Security Directorate

Ресор државне безбедности
Secret police overview
Formed	13 March 1991 (1991-03-13)
Preceding Secret police	State Security Service
Dissolved	1 August 2002 (2002-08-01)
Superseding Secret police	Security Intelligence Agency
Jurisdiction	Serbia
Headquarters	Belgrade

The State Security Directorate (Serbian: Ресор државне безбедности, romanized: Resor državne bezbednosti; abbr. РДБ / RDB), or simply State Security (Serbian: Државна безбедност, romanized: Državna bezbednost; abbr. ДБ / DB), was a security agency within the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia tasked with protecting the country from internal threats. Formed in 1991, it was dissolved in 2002 and replaced by the Security Intelligence Agency (BIA).