State Security Service of Georgia

State Security Service of Georgia

საქართველოს სახელმწიფო უსაფრთხოების სამსახური
Seal of the SSSG
Agency overview
Formed	1918 Reinstated as separate entity on 1 August 2015
Preceding agency	State Security Agency of the MIA
Jurisdiction	Georgia, not limited to – in cooperation with international agencies
Employees	Classified
Annual budget	Classified
Agency executive	Grigol Liluashvili, Chief of the Security Service
Website	http://ssg.gov.ge/en

The State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) (Georgian: სახელმწიფო უსაფრთხოების სამსახური, SUS) is a state intelligence agency of Georgia, under the authority of the Government, which covers a broad spectrum of tasks to preserve national security in accordance to state legislature and relevant laws.^[1] Its missions are to protect the constitutional order, sovereignty, territorial integrity and military potential of Georgia from illegal acts of special services and individuals of foreign countries; to prevent violent and unconstitutional change of order and state authority. Further it is to ensure economic security and fight terrorism on national and international level, transnational organized crime and international crime as well as carry out measures towards prevention, detection and suppression of corruption.

The agency is also responsible for protecting state secrets. The newly established independent agency is a former subordinate branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and has been re-activated in 2015.^[2][3]

The chief of the agency reports directly to the Prime Minister.