State Security Service (FR Yugoslavia)

Security agency of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

State Security ServiceРесор државне безбедности
Resor državne bezbednosti
Državna bezbednost

Secret police overview
Formed| 13 March 1991 (1991-03-13)
Preceding Secret police|

* UDBA

Dissolved| 1 August 2002 (2002-08-01)
Superseding agency|

* BIA

Jurisdiction| Serbia and Montenegro
Headquarters| Belgrade

The State Security Service (Serbian: Ресор државне безбедности, Resor državne bezbednosti; abbr. СДБ / SDB or РДБ / RDB), or simply State Security (Serbian: Државна безбедност, Državna bezbednost; abbr. ДБ / DB), was the security agency within the Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia tasked with protecting the country from internal threats.

## History[edit]

It was formed in March 1991 after the dissolution of State Security Administration (UDBA).[citation needed] It was dissolved in July 2002 and replaced with Security Information Agency (BIA) on 1 August 2002.

## Special forces[edit]

According to the indictment in the series of trials before the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the Yugoslav Special Forces, also known as Yugoslav Paramilitaries, were secretly established by or with the assistance of the State Security Service.[1] Among those were Serb Volunteer Guard (Arkan's Tigers), Special Operations Unit (Red Berets) and Scorpions.[1]

Officially, the Special Operations Unit (JSO) was incorporated into the State Security Service not before 1996.

## Directors[edit]

Source: [2]

Status

Denotes service as acting Director

No.  | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Took office  | Left office

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1  |  | Zoran Janaćković
(1939–2015) | 31 October 1990  | 30 December 1991
2  |  | Jovica Stanišić
(born 1950) | 1 January 1992  | 26 October 1998
3  |  | Radomir Marković
(born 1946) | 27 October 1998  | 25 January 2001[a]
4  |  | Goran Petrović
(born in 1961) | 26 January 2001  | 15 November 2001[b]
–  |  | Andreja Savić
(born 1947) | 15 November 2001  | 1 August 2002

## See also[edit]

* Serbia portal

* State Security Administration (UDBA)
* Security Intelligence Agency (BIA)
* Security Administration (FR Yugoslavia)

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Resigned in the aftermath of the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević.
2. ^ Dismissed in the aftermath of the JSO mutiny.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Carla Del Ponte/Serge Brammertz (10 July 2008). "The Prosecutor vs. Jovica Stanišić & Franko Simatović - Third Amended Indictment" (PDF). International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
2. ^ "Serbian ministries, etc". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

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Law enforcement in Serbia

* Police of Serbia
* Security Intelligence Agency

Police Directorates|

* General Police Directorate
* Traffic Police Directorate
* Criminal Police Directorate
* Border Police Directorate
* Directorate for Administrative Affairs
* Directorate for the International Police Cooperation

Special police units|

* Gendarmery
* Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
* PTJ (defunct; 2003–2016)
* JSO (defunct; 1991–2003)
* PJP (defunct; 1994–2001)

Security agency|

* Security Intelligence Agency
* SDB (defunct; 1991–2002)

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