Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

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government ministry interior ministry state security organ

The Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria was the communist-era state body responsible for internal security, policing, and oversight of law enforcement and security services.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ministry of Interior of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria 2
Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria) 1
Ministry of Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government ministry ⓘ
interior ministry ⓘ
state security organ ⓘ
collaboratedWith Committee for State Security ⓘ
surface form: Committee for State Security (Soviet KGB)

security services of other Eastern Bloc states ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
controlledBy Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: Bulgarian Communist Party leadership
country Bulgaria ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of Bulgaria
dissolvedFollowing end of communist rule in Bulgaria ⓘ
existedDuring Cold War ⓘ
governmentTypeContext one-party socialist state ⓘ
hasSuccessor democratic-era Ministry of Interior of Bulgaria ⓘ
headquartersLocation Sofia ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
jurisdiction People's Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
languageOfWork Bulgarian ⓘ
legalForm ministry ⓘ
oversaw Държавна сигурност ⓘ
surface form: State Security (Bulgaria)

border troops of the People's Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
internal troops of the People's Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
police forces of the People's Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
partOf security apparatus of the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
state apparatus of the People's Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
politicalAlignment Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
replacedBy Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria)
responsibleFor border security ⓘ
counterintelligence ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
law enforcement oversight ⓘ
policing ⓘ
political policing ⓘ
public order ⓘ
state security ⓘ
sector counterintelligence ⓘ
intelligence ⓘ
law enforcement ⓘ
public security ⓘ
subordinateTo Council of Ministers of Bulgaria ⓘ
surface form: Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

Council of State of Bulgaria ⓘ
surface form: State Council of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
usedFor control of opposition ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
surveillance of dissidents ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

People's Militia → subordinateTo → Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
Bulgarian State Security (DS) → subordinateTo → Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
subject surface form: Bulgarian State Security
this entity surface form: Ministry of Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria → replacedBy → Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria)
DS → partOf → Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
subject surface form: Bulgarian State Security
this entity surface form: Ministry of Interior of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria
DS → supervisedBy → Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
subject surface form: Bulgarian State Security
this entity surface form: Ministry of Interior of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria
Държавна сигурност → partOf → Ministry of the Interior of the People's Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Министерство на вътрешните работи на Народна република България