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PIDE
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Also known as International and State Defense Police, Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado

The International and State Defense Police (; PIDE) was a Portuguese security agency that existed during the Estado Novo regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. Formally, the main roles of the PIDE were the border, immigration and emigration control and internal and external state security. Over time, it came to be known for its secret police activities.

Key facts

Government agency.agency_name
Directorate-General of Security
Government agency.nativename
Direcção-Geral de Segurança
Government agency.formed
1969
Government agency.preceding1
Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado
Government agency.dissolved
April 25, 1974
Government agency.superseding
Direcção-Geral de Segurança
Government agency.jurisdiction
Portugal
Government agency.headquarters
Lisbon
Government agency.agency_type
Secret police
Government agency.parent_agency
Ministry of the Interior
Government agency.logo
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Government agency.minister2_pfo
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Government agency.chief2_position
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
political police
Official name
Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado
Country
Portugal
Headquarters
Lisbon
Parent organization
Government of Portugal
Employees
3200
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dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1969-11-24
inception
1945-10-22
applies to jurisdiction
Estado Novo
Commons category
Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado
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Article · Italiano

La Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado (Polizia Internazionale e di Sicurezza dello Stato)detta anche PIDE è stata la polizia politica del regime portoghese di Antonio Salazar tra il 1945 ed il 1969. Nonostante il nome sia cambiato dopo questa data la denominazione di PIDE è rimasta ad indicare la polizia politica del regime fino alla sua caduta avvenuta il 25 aprile 1974 con la cosiddetta rivoluzione dei garofani.

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