Stasi

The Ministry for State Security, commonly known as the Stasi, was the intelligence service and secret police of East Germany from 1950 to 1990. It was one of the... Wikipedia

• Formed:  February 08, 1950
• Preceding agency:  AM-Apparat (claimed)
• Dissolved:  13 January 1990 (1990-01-13)
• Type:  Secret police
• Headquarters:  Dienstkomplex Normannenstraße, Lichtenberg, East Berlin
• Motto:  Schild und Schwert der Partei (Shield and Sword of the Party)
• Employees:  91,015 regular (at its height), 174,000 informal
• Minister responsible:  Wilhelm Zaisser (1950–1953), Ernst Wollweber (1953–1957), Erich Mielke (1957–1989), Wolfgang Schwanitz (1989–1990)
• Deputy Minister responsible:  Otto Walter (1957–1964), Bruno Beater (1964–1982)
• Parent agency:  Council of Ministers (de jure), General Secretary of the SED (de facto)
• Child agency:  Main Directorate for Reconnaissance
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo