Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure

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foreign intelligence agency government agency intelligence service

The Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure (DGSE) is France’s foreign intelligence and security agency responsible for gathering and analyzing information outside French territory and conducting overseas covert operations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure canonical 3
Directorate-General for External Security 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf foreign intelligence agency ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
intelligence service ⓘ
abbreviation DGSE NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs French external intelligence service ⓘ
French foreign intelligence service ⓘ
country France ⓘ
employs civilian personnel ⓘ
military personnel ⓘ
hasDivision Direction Technique NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direction de la Stratégie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direction de l’Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direction des Opérations NERFINISHED ⓘ
Direction du Renseignement NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Boulevard Mortier, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
inception 1982 ⓘ
isPartOf French intelligence community NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction Government of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalStatus civil and military intelligence service ⓘ
motto Partout où nécessité fait loi NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeName Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableActivity clandestine operations abroad ⓘ
cooperation with allied intelligence services ⓘ
support to French external military operations ⓘ
notableBuilding Fort de Noisy (historical training site) NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatesIn outside French territory ⓘ
oversightBy French Parliament (intelligence oversight bodies) NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization French Ministry of the Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ministère des Armées NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Service de documentation extérieure et de contre-espionnage NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction analysis of foreign intelligence ⓘ
counter-terrorism abroad ⓘ
foreign intelligence gathering ⓘ
human intelligence ⓘ
overseas covert operations ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ
strategic intelligence ⓘ
replaced Service de documentation extérieure et de contre-espionnage NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo Minister of the Armed Forces of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
President of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName DGSE NERFINISHED ⓘ
translationOfMotto Everywhere necessity makes law ⓘ
website https://www.defense.gouv.fr/dgse ⓘ

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

French intelligence → hasComponent → Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure ⓘ
French intelligence → primaryForeignIntelligenceAgency → Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure ⓘ
Director of Military Intelligence (France) → worksWith → Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Directorate-General for External Security
COS → coordinatesWith → Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure ⓘ
subject surface form: Commandement des opérations spéciales