StB

State Security (Czech: Státní bezpečnost, Slovak: Štátna bezpečnosť) or StB / ŠtB, was the secret police force in communist Czechoslovakia from 1945 to its dissolution in 1990. Serving as an intelligence and counter-intelligence agency, it dealt with any activity that was considered opposition to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the state.

This article is about the Czechoslovak state security service. For other uses, see STB (disambiguation).
State Security
Státní bezpečnost
Štátna bezpečnosť
Coat of arms of Czechoslovakia
Agency overview
Formed30 June 1945
Dissolved1 February 1990
Superseding agency
  • Federal Security Information Service
TypeSecret police, Intelligence agency
JurisdictionCzechoslovakia
HeadquartersPrague, Czechoslovakia
Agency executives
  • Jindřich Veselý (1948–1950)
  • Osvald Závodský (1950–1951)
  • Ján Hanuliak (1970–1979)
  • Ján Kováč (1979–1985)
  • Alojz Lorenc (1985–1989)
Parent agencyNational Security Corps
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