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Department of Information for Security (DIS)

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Department of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers that coordinates and oversees Italy's two intelligence agencies, AISE and AISI, under the authority of the President of the Council of Ministers or the Delegated Authority for the security of the Republic.

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History · 1 eventOct 12, 2007 · 2007 Italian Intelligence System Reform (Legge 124/2007): SISMI/SISDE/CESIS replaced by AISE/AISI/DIS
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Organization history

Identity changes, mergers, acquisitions, splits, and transferred business lines.

1 event

  1. Oct 12, 2007Internal Reorganization

    2007 Italian Intelligence System Reform (Legge 124/2007): SISMI/SISDE/CESIS replaced by AISE/AISI/DIS

    Source
    Predecessor
    Democratic Intelligence and Security Service (SISDE)
    Predecessor
    Executive Committee for Intelligence and Security Services (CESIS)
    Predecessor
    Military Intelligence and Security Service (SISMI)
    Successor
    Agency for Information and External Security (AISE)
    Successor
    Department of Information for Security (DIS)
    Successor
    Internal Information and Security Agency (AISI)

    Scope: Internal intelligence service identity

    Functions and identity transferred from SISDE to AISI.

    Scope: Intelligence coordination department identity

    Functions and identity transferred from CESIS to DIS.

    Scope: Military intelligence service identity

    Functions and identity transferred from SISMI to AISE.

    Event context

    Legge 3 agosto 2007, n. 124 (Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 187, 13 Aug 2007; in force 12 Oct 2007) replaced SISMI with AISE, SISDE with AISI, and CESIS with DIS, and changed the task split from interest-based (military vs. political-institutional) to place-based (abroad vs. domestic).

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