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Formed | October 1963 |
Preceding agency | |
Jurisdiction | Zimbabwe |
Employees | Restricted |
Annual budget | Not subject to audit[1] |
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Agency executives |
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Parent agency | Ministry of State Security in the president's office (OPC) |
The Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) is the national intelligence agency of Zimbabwe.[2] It was conceived as the external intelligence-gathering arm of the British South Africa Police Special Branch in the early 1960s, under the Southern Rhodesian Prime Minister Winston Field, and later served as one of the secret police organizations for President Robert Mugabe's regime.[3]