General Intelligence Agency of Mongolia

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General Intelligence Agency of Mongolia
Тагнуулын ерөнхий газар
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠨ
ᠲᠠᠩᠨᠠᠭᠤᠯ ᠤ᠋ᠨ
ᠶᠡᠷᠦᠩᢈᠡᠢ ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ
Seal of the General Intelligence Agency

Headquarters of the GIA in Ulaanbaatar
Agency overview
FormedJuly 3, 1922; 103 years ago (1922-07-03)
Preceding agency
  • Directorate of State Security
JurisdictionGovernment of Mongolia
HeadquartersUlaanbaatar
Agency executive
  • Peljee Odonbaatar, GIA Director
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

The General Intelligence Agency or General Intelligence Directorate (GIA; Mongolian: ТЕГ, Тагнуулын ерөнхий газар, romanized: Tagnuulyn yurönkhii gazar) is the intelligence agency of the Government of Mongolia, under the direct control of the Prime Minister of Mongolia. Its headquarters is in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. The GIA employs several hundred people and acts as an early warning system to alert the Mongolian government of national security threats. It collects and evaluates information on a variety of areas such as international terrorism, organized crime, weapons and drug trafficking, money laundering, illegal migration, and information warfare.

Founded in 1922 with Soviet assistance, Mongolian intelligence performed well against both Imperial Japanese and Republican Chinese services during the 1930s and 1940s, while providing assistance to Soviet forces and Mao Zedong's Chinese Communists. Later, after the Sino-Soviet split and the Cultural revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, Mongolian intelligence confronted Mao's intelligence agencies in close collaboration with the Soviet KGB.[1][2]

History

The General Intelligence Agency began as the Directorate of Internal Security (Mongolian: Дотоодыг хамгаалах газар, romanized: Dotoodyg khamgaalakh gazar), which was established on 3 July 1922 under the leadership of director Dashin Baldandorzh with 14 employees for counterintelligence operations.[3] Despite the name "Internal Security", a "Foreign Department" was established within the Directorate in 1926, that sent agents to both China and Japan to gather intelligence, under Soviet tutelage.[4]

In 1933, it was reorganized as the General Directorate of Internal Security, and in 1936 as the General Directorate of State Security under the Ministry of the Interior, later the Ministry of Public Security of the Mongolian People's Republic (Mongolian: БНМАУ-ын Нийгмийг аюулаас хамгаалах яам). The Ministry of Public Security was a catalyst for the republic's paramilitary forces, which totaled around 30,000 men by 1955.[5] The GIA was founded as a successor to the State Security Directorate after the abolition of the socialist state in 1992.

Naming lineage

  • Directorate of Internal Security (1922-1933)
  • General Directorate of Internal Security (1933-1936)
  • General Directorate of State Security under the Ministry of the Interior (1936-1956)
  • General Directorate of State Security under the Ministry of Military Affairs and Public Security (1956-1959)
  • Directorate of State Security under the Ministry of Public Security (1959-1990)
  • General Department of State Security (1990-1994)
  • Central Intelligence Agency (1994-1996)
  • Department of State Security (1996-2000)
  • General Intelligence Agency (since 2000)

List of directors

The activities of intelligence agencies are regulated by the following laws of Mongolia

  1. About intelligence agencies
  2. About the work to be done
  3. About national security
  4. Criminal Law
  5. Criminal procedure
  6. About fighting terrorism
  7. Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
  8. About state secrets
  9. On approval of the list of state secrets
  10. On the legal status of government agencies
  11. About special state protection
  12. About civil service
  13. About state inspection
  14. Controlling the circulation of explosives and explosives
  15. General Administrative Law
  16. On administrative proceedings
  17. About the armed forces
  18. About pensions and allowances of military personnel
  19. About the legal status of foreign citizens
  20. About firearms
  21. Protection of witnesses and victims
  22. About crime prevention
  23. About nuclear energy
  24. About the Prosecutor's Office
  25. About emergency
  26. Controlling the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychoactive substances
  27. Defense of Mongolia
  28. About the archive
  29. Against corruption
  30. About the border crossing
  31. About toxic and dangerous chemicals
  32. Regulation of public and private interests in public service and prevention of conflict of interest
  33. On solving petitions and complaints submitted by citizens to government organizations and officials

References

  1. ↑ A.G. Teplyakov, State Internal Security of the Mongolian People's Republic Through the Eyes of an OGPU Instructor
  2. ↑ 800 Chinese and an international spy network – the Hot Water Incident"
  3. ↑ Outer Mongolia in 1921-1924: An Outline of Political History
  4. ↑ A.G. Teplyakov, State Internal Security of the Mongolian People's Republic Through the Eyes of an OGPU Instructor
  5. ↑ Akiner, Shirin (1991). Mongolia Today. Kegan Paul International. ISBN 9780710303455.
  6. ↑ "Распоряжением Премьер-министра соседней с Читинской областью Монголии Б. Билэгт освобожден от должности начальника Главного разведывательного управления". Archived from the original on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  7. ↑ Россия передаёт нам архивные материалы[permanent dead link]
  8. ↑ "Хошууч генерал Б.Хурцыг хурцалсан 24 баримт". 26 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Biography of the Director P.Odonbaatar". gia.gov.mn. Retrieved 2021-06-24.