Direcția Generală de Protecție Internă

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Direcția Generală de Protecție Internă (General Directorate for Internal Security, DGPI) is the criminal intelligence agency of the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs.[1] It was created following the disbanding of UM 0215.[2]

CommonnameDoi și-un sfert ("Two and a quarter")
AbbreviationDGPI
Formed2003
National agency
(Operations jurisdiction)Romania
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General Directorate for Internal Security
Direcția Generală de Protecție Internă
Common nameDoi și-un sfert ("Two and a quarter")
AbbreviationDGPI
Agency overview
Formed2003
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
(Operations jurisdiction)		Romania
Operations jurisdictionRomania
Legal jurisdictionAs per operations jurisdiction
Operational structure
HeadquartersBucharest
Agency executive
  • Luca Banaseanu Nicolae, Director general
Parent agencyMinistry of Internal Affairs
Website
www.dgpi.ro
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The objective of the Directorate-General for Information and Internal Protection is to know the risks, threats and vulnerabilities within the remit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ensure an effective approach and the integration of an operational situation, in order to enforce laws and uphold the rule of law and democracy.[3]

Number of Employees

In November 2003, the DGPI had 2,400 employees.[4]

In 2006 the number of DGPI employees was 2,000 and in 2009 it reached 3,200.[5]

In 2016, before the dissolution, DGPI had 1800 employees.

Organization

The county sections of the DGPI are called the Information and Internal Protection Service (SIPI).[6]

Leadership

  • August 2016 - present — Mihai Mărculescu

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