Siguranţa (Romanian for "The Safety/Security [Agency]") was the name used to refer to the several instalments of the secret police of the Kingdom of Romania. Created in 1908, in the aftermath of a major peasant revolt, it acted as a political police, supervising, infiltrating and trying to dismantle political groupings considered undesirable by the Romanian governments. Changing its structure several times during the first half of the 20th century, it was ultimately disbanded in 1948, when Romanian became a people's republic. Siguranţa's role, as well as a large part of its employees, were integrated in the newly founded Department of State Security ("Securitate").