Office for Foreign Relations and Information
Úřad pro zahraniční styky a informace | |
Director General | |
Parent agency | Ministry of the Interior |
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Website | www.uzsi.cz |
The Office for Foreign Relations and Information (ÚZSI) (
The service also protects the country from terrorism, the
History
The UZSI was located within the portfolio of the Czech Ministry of the Interior before the Act No. 153/1994 Coll. on intelligence services of the Czech Republic which made the service an independent institution. Before the Czech Republic became independent the agency was called the Office for Foreign Relations and Information of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. After the Czech independence, UZSI faced numerous challenges concerning the services development like developing a new framework of their activities, using new technologies and cooperation with foreign intelligence services.
Production had significantly increased after these improvements had been made. Today the intelligence agency is a major player on the international intelligence scene and represents the Czech intelligence community all over the world.[3]
Organizational structure
UZSI is headed by a
- Office of the Director General – who is responsible for Security and Defense, the secretariat of Public Affairs and the Inspection and control department. Directly subordinated to the Director are advisors including the Spokesman of the Office and those who are responsible for the areas of Security and Defence, Inspection and Control.
- Deputy Director for Intelligence and Operations – who is responsible for numerous operational departments which include the Analysis department, the Signals Intelligencedepartment and the foreign department. This director is also responsible for communication and the exchange of intelligence with foreign partners;
- Deputy Director for Logistics – who is accountable for the archives and administration, legal affairs, personnel and training.[4]
Director General
The current director of USZI is Marek Šimandl
Former directors of the agency include:
- Oldřich Černý
- Petr Zeman
- Jiří Lang
- Karel Randák
- Ivo Schwarz
- František Bublan[3]
- Jiří Šašek 2014–2018 [5]
Radio operations
According to Langley Pierce's Intercepting Numbers Stations, ÚZSI once operated a
See also
References
- ^ "Katalog firem a institucí • Firmy.cz". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- ^ Who We Are, Retrieved 4/02/2011.
- ^ a b Our History, Retrieved 4/02/2011.
- ^ Our Internal Arrangement, Retrieved 4/02/2011.
- ^ Director General, Retrieved 4/03/2015.
- ^ "OLX". Simonmason.karoo.net. Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2014-03-04.