Security Service (Poland)

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Security Service

Służba Bezpieczeństwa
Coat of Arms of the Polish People's Republic used by the UB and SB
Agency overview
Formed	1956; 69 years ago (1956)
Preceding agency	Ministry of Public Security (UB)
Dissolved	1990
Type	Secret police, intelligence agency
Jurisdiction	Polish People's Republic
Headquarters	Warsaw
Employees	24,300 (1989)
Agency executive	Jerzy Karpacz
Parent agency	Ministry of Interior

The Security Service (Polish: Służba Bezpieczeństwa; Polish pronunciation: [ˈswuʐba bɛspʲeˈt͡ʂɛɲstfa]), in full Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and commonly known as SB, was a secret police force established in the Polish People's Republic in 1956 as a successor to the Ministry of Public Security (UB). The SB was the chief foreign and domestic security organization in Poland from 1956 until the fall of communism in 1989.

The parent agency of SB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, had been established in 1954, but the Ministry did not play a significant role until the winding-up of the Committee for Public Safety in 1956.