Sigurimi

Directorate of State Security
Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit
	Sigurimi
Agency overview
Formed	10 December 1944
Dissolved	15 August 1991
Superseding agency	SHIK;
Headquarters	Tirana, People's Socialist Republic of Albania
Motto	"Për popullin, me popullin" ("For the people, with the people")
Parent agency	People's Socialist Republic of Albania

The Directorate of State Security (Albanian: Drejtoria e Sigurimit të Shtetit, DSSh) commonly called the Sigurimi, was the state security, intelligence and secret police service of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.^[1]^[2] Its proclaimed goal was maintaining state security of Albania, but de facto the Sigurimi served to suppress political activity among the populace and preserve the existing political system.^[2]

In 2008 the Albanian parliament discussed opening the so-called "Sigurimi files", but the Socialist Party of Albania contested it.^[3] A government commission, created in 2015, has been assigned the task of publicizing the Sigurimi files and identifying candidates for public office who had collaborated with the Communist regime; however, as of early 2017, the commission has not yet started its work, and critics have pointed out that most of the files were probably destroyed long ago.^[4]

^ Dervishi, Kastriot (2012). Sigurimi i Shtetit 1944-1991, historia e policisë politike të regjimit komunist. Tiranë: Shtëpia Botuese "55". p. 250. OCLC 841177824.
^ ^a ^b Taru Bahl, M. H. Syed (2003). Encyclopaedia of the Muslim World. p. 176. ISBN 9788126114191. Retrieved 2011-04-14.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Sigurimi-dossiers blijven gesloten in Albanië Mondiaal Nieyws
^ Brunwasser, Matthew (26 February 2017). "As Albania Reckons with Its Communist Past, Critics Say It's Too Late". The New York Times.

[Sigurimi_i_Shtetit_1944-1991-1] Dervishi, Kastriot (2012). Sigurimi i Shtetit 1944-1991, historia e policisë politike të regjimit komunist. Tiranë: Shtëpia Botuese "55". p. 250. OCLC 841177824.

[Sigurimi-2] Taru Bahl, M. H. Syed (2003). Encyclopaedia of the Muslim World. p. 176. ISBN 9788126114191. Retrieved 2011-04-14.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Sigurimi-dossiers blijven gesloten in Albanië Mondiaal Nieyws

[4] Brunwasser, Matthew (26 February 2017). "As Albania Reckons with Its Communist Past, Critics Say It's Too Late". The New York Times.

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