National Security Service (Somalia)

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National Security Service

Hay'ada Nabadsugida Qaranka (Somali)
Coat of Arms of the Somali Democratic Republic
Governmental overview
Formed	8 January 1970
Dissolved	1990
Superseding agency	National Intelligence and Security Agency
Type	Intelligence agency Secret police
Jurisdiction	Supreme Revolutionary Council
Headquarters	Mogadishu
Governmental executive	Saleebaan Dafle, Founder
Parent department	Interior Ministry of the Somali Democratic Republic

The National Security Service (NSS) (Somali: Hay'ada Nabadsugida Qaranka, HNQ) was the primary intelligence agency of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1970 to 1990. The NSS was formed as the secret police under the government of Siad Barre in 1970, modelled after the KGB of the Soviet Union, and was formally dissolved in 1990 shortly before Barre's overthrow. In 2013, the Federal Government of Somalia re-established the NSS as the national intelligence service, renaming it the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA).