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The Soviet Union 's Secret Police were once called the Ministry For State Security .

East Germany 's Secret Police were also officially the Ministry for State Security, but were more commonly (and infamously) known as the Stasi .

The People's Republic Of China has a governmental agency called the Ministry Of State Security ; its functions are largely the same as the above two.

Turkmenistan under President Niyazov also has a Ministry Of State Security .

SIMILAR SOUNDING AGENCIES

Ministry Of Public Security

Communist Albania under Enver Hoxha had a Directorate Of State Security .

Apartheid South Africa had the Bureau Of State Security (BOSS).

The United States Of America has a Department Of Homeland Security .

---See also: Department Of Public Safety

Socialist Bulgaria had a Committee For State Security

The Soviet Union's KGB stood for Комит́ет Госуд́арственной Безоп́асности (pronounced ''Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti'') "Committee for State Security."