Ministry of State Security (Transnistria)
The Ministry of State Security (Moldovan: Министерул секуритэций статулуй, Ministerul securităţii statului Russian: Министерство государственной безопасности, Ukrainian: Міністерство державної безпеки) is the Transnistrian state security service. It was formed May 16, 1992, and was headed by Vladimir Antyufeyev, until he was replaced by Vladislav Finagin in 2012. The ministry is headquartered in Tiraspol. Until January 11, 2017, it was known as the Committee of State Security of the PMR.[1]
List of Leaders
- Vladimir Antyufeyev – September 1992 – December 2011
- Vladislav Finagin – January 24, 2012 – May 17, 2013
- Mikhail Lapitsky – October 22, 2013 – May 21, 2014
- Nikolay Zemstov – May 21, 2014 – Present
References
- ^ Vlas, Cristi (January 11, 2017). "Transnistrian KGB transformed into Ministry of State Security with extended competence". Moldova.org. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
External links
- Description and contact information, Ministry of National Security of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Retrieved April 2, 2010.
- Dan Ionescu, "Intelligence Agences: Lethal Expansion", TOL, 2002
- crij.org: Sorin Ozon, "Original Communism", Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism, July 13, 2006