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Secret police and Intelligence Agency of Communist Romania
(Romanian: Departamentul Securității Statului), commonly known as the Securitate (pronounced [sekuriˈtate], lit. 'Security'), was the secret police agency
Securitate
1989 popular uprising in Romania
the other to be Securitate 'terrorists'. Although news reports at the time and modern media often makes reference to the Securitate fighting against
Romanian_revolution
Husband of Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania (born 1960)
allegations of his supposed involvement with the Securitate: "I have not collaborated with the Securitate…in 1986 there was an attempt to recruit me. I refused
Prince_Radu_of_Romania
Romanian government official
government official and last director of the Securitate secret police force from 1987 to 1989. He was the Securitate's director during the Romanian revolution
Iulian_Vlad
of senior Securitate officers. The General Direction for the Security of the People, better known by its Romanian abbreviation, Securitate, was officially
List of senior Securitate officers
List_of_senior_Securitate_officers
Romanian communist activist and intelligence officer
1992) was a Romanian communist activist, Soviet agent and officer, and Securitate chief under the Communist regime. Active until 1961, he was one of the
Alexandru_Nicolschi
Former prison in Romania
misdemeanors.[citation needed] Shortly after the establishment of the Securitate in August 1948, the Pitești Prison became a detention center for university
Pitești_Prison
Romanian state from 1947 to 1989
Studies of the Archives of the Former Securitate), one in three Romanians was an informant for the Securitate. Due to this situation, income from tourism
Socialist_Republic_of_Romania
Leader of Romania from 1965 to 1989
the most repressive states in the Eastern Bloc. His secret police, the Securitate, was responsible for mass surveillance as well as severe repression within
Nicolae_Ceaușescu
1944–1962 armed resistance movement against communist rule in Romania
liberation. Still others, mainly former officials, former members of the Securitate secret police, as well as sympathizers of the communist government, label
Romanian anti-communist resistance movement
Romanian_anti-communist_resistance_movement
Romanian radiological weapon
radiological weapon used against dissenters and critics by Nicolae Ceaușescu's Securitate. "Radu" is a masculine Romanian name and, in this context, is a reference
Radu_(weapon)
Russian-born Romanian communist activist and intelligence officer
intelligence agent and political assassin, who served as first head of the Securitate (1948–1959). Born as a subject of the Russian Empire in Tiraspol, he was
Gheorghe_Pintilie
2020 film
His story is staged as Gianina Cărbunariu reconstructed it from his Securitate file; this material is interspersed with images of Romanian life taken
Uppercase_Print
Eastern Orthodox Church in Romania
subservience aimed at ensuring survival. Beyond limited access to the Securitate and Party archives as well as the short time elapsed since these events
Romanian_Orthodox_Church
investigator. From 1980 to 1984, he led the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Securitate, the secret service of Communist Romania. He was described by the New
Nicolae_Pleșiță
July Theses in 1971. Because of Ceaușescu's extensive secret police (the Securitate) and harsh punishments, open dissent was rare. Notable acts of dissent
Dissent in Romania under Nicolae Ceaușescu
Dissent_in_Romania_under_Nicolae_Ceaușescu
Romanian politician
2017) was a Romanian Communist politician, who served as Director of the Securitate from March 1978 to October 1987, and then as Interior Minister until the
Tudor_Postelnicu
Government agency
new head of the Securitate. Voiculescu assured the Securitate agents that he does not intent to wage a war against individual Securitate officers and, by
Romanian_Intelligence_Service
Deputy prime minister of Romania (born 1941)
handed to the Romanian Securitate, he was unusually released from custody—prompting enduring speculation that the Securitate recruited him as its informant
Gelu_Voican_Voiculescu
Romanian mathematician (1949–2006)
mother had asked the Securitate to keep an eye on the Ceaușescu children, perhaps she felt, out of a "sense of love". The Securitate "could not touch" the
Zoia_Ceaușescu
Romanian prison warden and Securitate colonel (1912–?)
May 1912 – ?), was a Romanian communist activist, prison official, and Securitate officer, infamous for his role in political repression under the communist
Nicolae_Moromete
built upon the Bucharest branch of the Socialist Republic of Romania's Securitate. Its main purpose was to subvert the opposition, particularly during the
UM_0215
Romanian public intellectual (born 1957)
National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives, supporting more openness regarding the files of the Securitate. Denis Patapievici, his father, moved
Horia-Roman_Patapievici
Romanian literary magazine
of Onirist poets. The magazine became a target for surveillance by the Securitate, especially after hosting a positive review of the far-right theorist
Ramuri
Romanian Journalist
by some to have been caused by Communist Romania's secret police, the Securitate, which is known to have previously sought to "neutralise" him. Born in
Noël_Bernard_(journalist)
Romanian Securitate officer and whistleblower (1921–1974)
1921 – 17 January 1974), was a Romanian communist and officer of the Securitate who was for a while imprisoned and tortured by the communist regime. Of
Vintilă_Weiss
Romanian communist activist and intelligence officer
1905 – 19 March 1999) was a Romanian communist espionage chief and a Securitate general. An ethnic Russian, Nicolau was born on 22 September (or 5 November)
Serghei_Nicolau
Church organization existed from 1947 - 1989
the secret police, the Securitate, giving it information they received from confessions; according to the reports of a Securitate officer, as many as 80%
Romanian Orthodox Church in Communist Romania
Romanian_Orthodox_Church_in_Communist_Romania
Former Romanian army
defected Armed Forces fought bloody street battles, allegedly against Securitate forces who were still on Ceaușescu's side. The title of Supreme Commander-in-Chief
Army of the Socialist Republic of Romania
Army_of_the_Socialist_Republic_of_Romania
Romanian journalist (born 1948)
the Romanian public due to his alleged involvement as informant of the Securitate (Communist Romania's secret police). These allegations were never proven
Ion_Cristoiu
Romanian Lutheran priest (1909–2001)
Richard Wurmbrand (24 March 1909 – 17 February 2001), also known as Nicolai Ionescu, was a Romanian Evangelical Lutheran priest, and professor of Jewish
Richard_Wurmbrand
President of Romania from 2004 to 2014
Securitate, the security services of the communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu. However, Băsescu has claimed that his links with the former Securitate were
Traian_Băsescu
Romanian writer and historian
Securităţii în documente ("A History of the Securitate through Documents") Securiştii partidului ("The Party's Securitate Members") Serviciul de cadre al PCR
Marius_Oprea
Romanian monk and theologian (1910–1989)
"falsifying Fr. Boca's biography" by using second-rate accounts from a Securitate file, embellished by her own imagination. According to Ionuț Daniel Băncilă
Arsenie_Boca
Romanian academic (1950–1991)
the Romanian political right openly celebrated his murder. The Romanian Securitate, which he once lambasted as a force "of epochal stupidity", has also been
Ioan_Petru_Culianu
II and the history of the Romanian secret services (especially of the Securitate). Mihai Pelin was born towards the end of August 1940 in Cernăuți, which
Mihai_Pelin
Romanian writer
double agent in the pay of the Romanian Communist secret police, the Securitate, and that parts of his book were authored by the secret police for disinformation
Silviu_Craciunas
Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania
(1940–2018), performer of folklore music Gianu Bucurescu [ro] (1924–2016), Securitate officer Cornelia Catangă (1958–2021), singer Elena Ceaușescu (1916–1989)
Ghencea_Cemetery
Student leader
National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS), to check the ties he might have had with the Securitate before 1989. Following public outcry
Marian_Munteanu
Romanian actor and politician (born 1967)
"Povestea din spatele scenei a lui Mugur Mihăescu, alias Garcea: turnător la Securitate, politician eșuat și mitingist anticarantină", Adevărul, 14 July 2020
Mugur_Mihăescu
Advisory body to the President of Moldova
The National Security Council (NSC) (Romanian: Consiliul Național de Securitate, CNS) is an advisory body to the President of Moldova (concurrently the
National Security Council (Moldova)
National_Security_Council_(Moldova)
Romanian politician (born 1951)
generally associated with Securitate informants). Upon reviewing it, Frunda concluded that it was actually evidence of the Securitate having attempted and
György_Frunda
Patriarch of Romania from 1986 to 2007
made in the Romanian press, including that he was a collaborator of the Securitate, the political police in Romania, that he allegedly was homosexual and
Teoctist_Arăpașu
the 1980s. Initially Măgureanu managed to hide his membership in the Securitate from the post-communist authorities, but his affiliation was exposed by
Virgil_Măgureanu
Leader of Romania from 1947 to 1965
imperial policy in previously Romanian and now Soviet regions. Yet, the Securitate was still Dej's instrument of choice, and Romania joined the other Warsaw
Gheorghe_Gheorghiu-Dej
1989 Romanian Communist Party open letter
and discussed the letter in parks in Bucharest, in order to prevent the Securitate from hearing the details. They were, however, not isolated, but were followed
Letter_of_the_Six
Hungarian-Romanian pastor (born 1952)
Hungarian Reformed Church pastors, once again attracting the Securitate’s attention. After the Securitate objected to a cultural festival organized on 31 October
László_Tőkés
1993 Romanian film
pământeni by Marin Preda. Ștefan Iordache – Victor Petrini Gheorghe Dinică – Securitate investigator Dorel Vișan – Guardian "Dumnezeu" Maia Morgenstern – Matilda
The_Earth's_Most_Beloved_Son
Moldovan state body
Security and Intelligence Service (Romanian: Serviciul de Informații și Securitate, SIS) is a Moldovan state body specialized in ensuring national security
Security and Intelligence Service of Moldova
Security_and_Intelligence_Service_of_Moldova
Ocnele Mari's Prison
were also held there, in 1935–1936. From 1948 to 1953, the prison held Securitate detainees not convicted in court. At one point, it had 500 prisoners:
Ocnele_Mari_Prison
21st episode of the 3rd season of Law & Order
as Off. Weddeker Philip Bosco as Gordon Schell Episode chronology ← Previous "Securitate" Next → "Benevolence" Law & Order (season 3) List of episodes
Manhood_(Law_&_Order)
President of Romania since 2025
society must have". In May 2024, ahead of local elections, a purported Securitate document from July 1988 emerged, detailing Dan's collaboration with the
Nicușor_Dan
American comedian and actor (1927–2004)
Your … Religion", as Rabbi Hyman Greenblatt 1993 Law & Order episode "Securitate" (guest) as Jonathan Shapiro 1994 Roseanne episode "Nine Is Enough" (guest)
Alan_King
Romanian activist (born 1952)
Tănase is also vocal in the campaign to declassify all files kept in Securitate archives; in March 2002, he invited on his talk show a discussion with
Stelian_Tănase
American actor (1937–2016)
Episode: "A Death in the Family" 1993 Law & Order Tommy Zanescu Episode: " Securitate" 1994 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies Carl Laemmle
David_Margulies
Romanian aviator and writer
Due to his family's close ties to Israel, he became a target for the Securitate. His father, Paul, had been investigated two times in 1953 and in 1963
Doru_Davidovici
Romanian political prisoner (1925–1954)
freedom of movement inside the prison, etc. He coordinated with the local Securitate officer, Ion Marina; in turn, Marina was in constant communication with
Eugen_Țurcanu
German writer and Nobel Prize recipient (born 1953)
factory, but was dismissed in 1979 for her refusal to cooperate with the Securitate, the Communist regime's secret police. After her dismissal, she initially
Herta_Müller
Romanian boxer (1944–2018)
after being involved in fights. In 1977, Stump was used by Romania's Securitate to terrorize Paul Goma, a dissident and leading opponent of the communist
Horst_Stump
Romanian general (1928–2021)
October 1928 – 14 February 2021) was a Romanian lieutenant general in the Securitate, the secret police of the Socialist Republic of Romania, who defected
Ion_Mihai_Pacepa
Romanian fascist and anti-communist militant
a shootout with Securitate troops during the night of July 18–19, 1957. Roșa also died that night, as did the chief of the Securitate detachment; two
Leon_Șușman
Romanian composer, anti-communist and revolutionary
We want liberty, Not communism, And no fake changes, And therefore, Securitate agents, Don't impose norms on us. We don't want neo-communism, Nor neo-liberty
Cristian_Pațurcă
Novel by Herta Muller
summerhouse in town. Very quickly it becomes clear that an officer of the Securitate, Captain Pjele, is interested in the four; he begins to subject them to
The_Land_of_Green_Plums
Patriarch of Romania since 2007
did not send informative notes to the Securitate. Mircea Dinescu of the CNSAS, however, said that his Securitate file was burnt in December 1989 and as
Patriarch_Daniel_of_Romania
Romanian politician (1912–1991)
secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania. She was married to Securitate General Gheorghe Pintilie and the two exerted influence on the PCR leader
Ana_Toma
Romanian writer (1926–1985)
Ceaușescu, and was kept under surveillance by the country's secret police—the Securitate. A journal in which he recorded his thoughts and opinions was the subject
Gheorghe_Ursu
Prison in Jilava, Romania
labor camps, or were brought from other prisons for interrogation by the Securitate secret police. Arriving detainees had to run a gauntlet of guards armed
Jilava_Prison
Topics referred to by the same term
entities are communicating and do not want a third party to listen in Securitate (Romanian for "security"), the secret service of Communist Romania Security
Secure
1989 deaths of Romanian leader and his wife
austerity policies leading to food and power shortages, the brutality of the Securitate, destruction of historical cities and villages, and his own lavish lifestyle
Trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
Trial_and_execution_of_Nicolae_and_Elena_Ceaușescu
the Securitate. Right away, Constantin Stoica, the spokesperson of the Romanian Patriarchy denied that Teoctist has had any doings with Securitate, and
Clerical collaboration with communist secret services
Clerical_collaboration_with_communist_secret_services
Romanian writer (1905–1975)
prison in 1964 he was constantly tailed by the Romanian secret police, the Securitate. Persuaded to use their perceived expertise in ethnocracy, Radu Gyr and
Radu_Gyr
Romanian military intelligence agency
Military Security - counter-intelligence (Direcția Contrainformații și Securitate Militară) Detașamentul Special de Protecție și Intervenție (DSPI) 51st
General Directorate for Defense Intelligence
General_Directorate_for_Defense_Intelligence
Romanian film director and screenwriter
June 2011). "Regizorul Mihai Constantinescu: "Andrei Blaier m-a turnat ani de zile la Securitate"". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
Andrei_Blaier
1989 film by Bruce Beresford
does not understand, as the real murderers (operatives from Romania's Securitate), are attempting to kidnap Nina. She, too, has her own agenda of arranging
Her_Alibi
Topics referred to by the same term
in the Soviet Union State Security Council in Apartheid South Africa Securitate (State Security Department) in Communist Romania Directorate for State
Ministry_for_State_Security
Romanian murder
Cozmici (c. 1956–1981) bragged about murdering someone. Cozmici, son of Securitate officer Efitimie Cozmici, former cell-mate with Romanian communist leaders
Murder_of_Anca_Broscățeanu
Romanian rock band
band members, especially Nicu Covaci, were increasingly harassed by the Securitate. Covaci married a Dutch woman and left the country in 1976. He returned
Phoenix_(Romanian_band)
Romanian writer, journalist (1924–1993)
consequently, Barbu and Tudor came under the attention of the Securitate. According to Ziua, a Securitate file of the time reveals that the two had begun questioning
Eugen_Barbu
Organization which responds to computer security incidents
CSIRT-IE Romania CERT-RO Centrul Naţional de Răspuns la Incidente de Securitate Cibernetică – CERT-RO Russia GOV-CERT Russia RU-CERT Yes Russia CERT-GIB
Computer emergency response team
Computer_emergency_response_team
Romanian Orthodox saint (1903–1993)
ultraconservative positions in his later years. He was recruited by the Securitate under the codename "Văleanu Ion" as an informant following his release
Dumitru_Stăniloae
Penitentiary in Craiova, Romania
harsher, and included an isolation cell. They were interrogated by teams of Securitate secret police agents inside the prison, as the basements in their building
Craiova_Prison
Family of Nicolae Ceaușescu
Due to a disagreement with his brother, he was later sent to head the Securitate officers' school in Băneasa. He was arrested during the Romanian Revolution
Ceaușescu_family
Romanian politician and businessman
(National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives), Voiculescu was first recruited by the Securitate in 1970 under the code name "Mircea," with
Dan_Voiculescu
Romanian activist (1904–1992)
the communist regime, he was kept under permanent surveillance by the Securitate and arrested in 1964. Sentenced to four and a half years in prison, he
Vasile_Noveanu
Romanian former Securitate officer
Dumitru Burlan (born May 11, 1939) is a Romanian former Securitate officer. Dumitru Burlan was born on May 11, 1939, in Licurici, Gorj County, in a family
Dumitru_Burlan
Romanian politician
interrogation of the signatories by the Securitate and then to their exile and house arrest at various locations. The Securitate depicted Brucan as one of several
Silviu_Brucan
Ship canal in Romania
under the direct supervision of the Internal Affairs Ministry, and the Securitate was allowed direct intervention on the construction site. On July 18,
Danube–Black_Sea_Canal
Romanian politician and economist
politician. He was born in Bucharest, Romania in a family of high-ranking Securitate officers. Up to 9th grade he studied at High School nr. 35, after which
Daniel_Dăianu
Romanian poet, journalist and editor (born 1950)
write his own protest. The members of the group were then visited by the Securitate, which argued that their actions were done under KGB orders as an attack
Mircea_Dinescu
German literary society
The society suffered persecution from the communist authorities and the Securitate secret police, and was eventually dissolved by the communist authorities
Aktionsgruppe_Banat
Romanian soldier (1900–1967)
Gheorghe Răscănescu (30 January 1900 – 3 June 1967) was a Romanian officer during World War II. He was born in Crăcăoani, Neamț County. After completing
Gheorghe_Răscănescu
their strength. Immediately after, on March 4, 1949, a detachment of 80 Securitate troops from Cluj led by Colonel Mihai Patriciu charged the peak where
Nicolae_Dabija_(soldier)
Movement for uniting Moldova and Romania
de Re-Unire cu România cu obiective clare pe domenii de dezvoltare, pe securitate, pe infrastructură". Tribuna. Archived from the original on 8 December
Unification of Moldova and Romania
Unification_of_Moldova_and_Romania
Transnistrian Romanian activist, scholar, and politician (1894–1980)
being pressured into becoming a Securitate informant on Transnistrian activities in Bucharest. In August 1958, the Securitate arrested Constantin N. Tomescu
Nichita_Smochină
Romanian politician (1914 - 1995)
attested that his imprisonment, imposed by Soviet officials overseeing the Securitate, was among those causing a stir in the higher echelons of the Communist
Corneliu_Coposu
Romanian politician
Ion Mihalache (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon mihaˈlake]; 3 March [O.S. 19 February] 1882 – 5 February 1963) was a Romanian agrarian politician, the founder
Ion_Mihalache
Romanian communist activist and politician (1913–1993)
from 1952 to 1957. In these capacities, he exercised control over the Securitate secret police during a period of active repression against other Communist
Alexandru_Drăghici
Commune in Vrancea, Romania
the soldiers who died in World War I. Nicolae Doicaru [ro] (1922–1990), Securitate General, director of the Extern Intelligence Service from 1959 to 1971
Cârligele
Currency of Transnistria
2020-12-07. "News". www.cbpmr.net. VT MOLDOVA NEWS (2026-03-13). Noua axă de securitate în regiune. Rubla transnistreană circulă ilegal în Chișinău. Retrieved
Transnistrian_ruble
Romanian activist (1912–2003)
18, 1949, members of Arsenescu's group were ambushed by troops of the Securitate; in the ensuing firefight, two officers were killed, and the group escaped
Elisabeta_Rizea
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