The Securitate (pron, Romanian for Security) was the popular term for the Departamentul Securității Statului (Department of State Security), the secret police agency of Communist Romania. Previously, the Romanian secret police was called Siguranța Statului. Founded on August 30, 1948, with help from the Soviet NKVD. After Ceaușescu was ousted,...
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(from the article `Romania`) ...a Soviet-style constitution that reserved ultimate authority for the party. Governmental institutions served merely as the machinery to carry out ... ...had transformed Romania into a police state. Institutions and organizations, even the Communist Party itself, had been eviscerated and had become ... ...
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Popular term for the Departmentul Secevit#atii Statului (Department of State Security), the secret police. On a per capita basis, Romania has the largest such service in Eastern Europe.
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