List of defunct intelligence agencies

Ministry of Interior
- Etsivä keskuspoliisi (EK, 1919–1938)
- Valtiollinen poliisi (Valpo I, 1939–1944)
- Red Valpo (Valpo II, 1944–1948)
Finnish Defence Forces
- Intelligence Research Establishment (VKoeL, 1960–2014) – Viestikoelaitos / Signalprovanstalten
Ministry of Defence
- Military Intelligence Service (PVTK, 2007–2014) – Pääesikunnan tiedusteluosasto

France

Deuxième Bureau (1871-1940)
Renseignements Généraux (RG) (1937-2008)
Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage (SDECE) (1944-1982)
Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST) (1944-2008)

German Democratic Republic (East Germany)

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS or Stasi) (Ministry for State Security)
- General Reconnaissance Administration (GDR) -- de:Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung (HVA)

German Reich

Abwehr
Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) (Secret State Police)
Sicherheitsdienst (SD) (Security Service)

Egypt

State Security Investigations Service (SSIS)

Hong Kong

Special Branch

Hungary

Államvedélmi Osztály (ÁVO) (State Protection Department)
Államvédelmi Hatóság (ÁVH) (State Protection Authority)

Israel

ha-Lishka le-Kishrei Mada (Lekem or Lakam) (Bureau of Scientific Relations)

Italy

Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (OVRA)
Cabinet RS/33

Indonesia

Komando Pemulihan Keamanan dan Ketertiban (Kopkamtib)
Badan Koordinasi Stabilitas Nasional (Bakorstanas)

Iran

Sazeman-i Ettelaat va Amniyat-i Keshvar (SAVAK) (National Organization for Intelligence and Security)

Iraq

Al-Amn al-‘Amm (Directorate of General Security)
Al-Amn al-Khas (Special Security Organization)
Al-Istikhabarat al-'Askariyya (Directorate of General Military Intelligence)
Jihaz Al-Mukhabarat Al-A'ma (Iraqi Intelligence Service)

Ireland

Free State Army Intelligence Department ("Oriel House")
Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
Citizens' Defence Force

Japan

Libya

Jamahiriya el-Mukhabarat

Manchukuo

Hoankyoku

Netherlands

Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst (BVD) (Interior Security Service)
Inlichtingendienst Buitenland (IDB) (Foreign Intelligence Service) (?-1994)

Ottoman Empire

Teşkîlât-ı Mahsûsa

Panama

Policia Secreta Nacional (PSN) (La Secreta) (1909-60s first government secret agency)
Guardia Silenciosa Panameñista (GUSIPA) (1930-40s short-lived secret service)
1.Estado Mayor Personal/Sec."E" Asuntos de Seguridad Nacional of PFD General Command
Sub Jefatura de Inspectoria General of PFD General State Major Chieftain
Comando General de la Comision de Defensa y Seguridad (COGECODESE) (security,defense and intelligence PNG/PFD main entity)
Estado Mayor General ('Inteligencia') (G-2) (1950-80s PNG/PDFs military intelligence)
Departamento Nacional de Investigaciones (DENI) (1960-1989)

Poland

Oddział II Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego (1918-1939)
- Biuro Szyfrów (Cypher Bureau)
Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego (1945-1954)
Komitet do spraw Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego (1954-1956)
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (MSW) (1954-1990)
- Departament I MSW
- Departament II MSW
- Służba Bezpieczeństwa MSW (SB-MSW) (1956-1990)
Urząd Ochrony Państwa (UOP) (Office for State Protection) (1990-2001)
Główny Zarząd Informacji Wojska Polskiego (1944-1957)
Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna (WSW) (1957-1990)
Oddział II Sztabu Generalnego LWP (1945-1951)
Zarząd II Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego (1951-1990)

Portugal

PIDE

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Federal Intelligence and Security Bureau

Roman Empire

Romania

Departamentul Securității Statului (Securitate) (Department of State Security) (1948-1991)

Russia

Okhrannoye otdeleniye (Okhrana or slang Okhranka) (Security Section) (1866-1917)
Special Corps of Gendarmes (1836-1917)

Serbia

Služba za istraživanje i dokumentaciju (SID), Service for Research and Documentation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Soviet Union

Cheka (1917-1922) (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission)
Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravleniye (GPU) (1922-1923) (State Political Directorate)
Obyedinennoye Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravleniye (OGPU) (1923–1934) (Joint State Political Directorate)
Narodnyi Kommissariat Vnutrennih Del (NKVD) (1934–1946) (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs)
Ministerstvo Vnutrennih Del (MVD) (1946–1954) (Ministry for Internal Affairs)
Ministerstvo Gosudarstvennoi Bezopastnosti (MGB) (1943–1953) (Ministry for State Security)
Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (KGB) (1954–1991) (Committee for State Security)