Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa

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The Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa was Spain’s main military intelligence and security service during the late Franco era and the country’s transition to democracy, later replaced by the civilian National Intelligence Centre (CNI).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defence intelligence organization
military intelligence agency
controlledBy Spanish Ministry of Defence NERFINISHED
country Spain
dissolved 2002
fieldOfWork counterintelligence
foreign intelligence
internal security
military intelligence
signals intelligence
hasAbbreviation CESID NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Madrid
Spain NERFINISHED
historicalContext post-Franco political transition in Spain
inception 1977
jurisdiction Government of Spain NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
legalForm government agency
namedAfter defence information
nativeName Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa NERFINISHED
operatedInPeriod Spanish transition to democracy
late Franco era
operationalStatus defunct
parentOrganization Ministerio de Defensa de España NERFINISHED
Spanish Ministry of Defence NERFINISHED
partOf Spanish intelligence community NERFINISHED
precededBy SECED NERFINISHED
Servicio Central de Documentación de la Presidencia del Gobierno NERFINISHED
primaryRole collection and analysis of military intelligence
protection of national security
regionServed Spain NERFINISHED
reorganizedAs Centro Nacional de Inteligencia NERFINISHED
replaced Franco-era intelligence structures
replacedBy CNI NERFINISHED
Centro Nacional de Inteligencia NERFINISHED
securitySector intelligence and security services
serviceBranch Spanish Armed Forces NERFINISHED
shortName CESID NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Spanish Council of Ministers NERFINISHED
typeOfOrganization state security agency

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National Intelligence Centre of Spain predecessor Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa