The National Informative Service (), commonly known as SHIK, was an intelligence service agency created in 1991 by the Albanian People's Assembly. It was the successor to

Sigurimi The Directorate of State Security (), commonly called the ''Sigurimi'', was the state security, intelligence and secret police service of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. Its proclaimed goal was maintaining state security of Albania, ...

, the notorious secret service agency which repressed anti-communist dissent during the

communist government A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state that is administered and governed by a communist party guided by Marxism–Leninism. Marxism–Leninism was the state ideology of the Soviet Union, the Comint ...

of 1944–1991. The agency was succeed by

SHISH The State Intelligence Service ( sq, Shërbimi Informativ Shtetëror), commonly known by its acronym SHISH, is the primary intelligence agency of Albania. It was preceded by SHIK. After the Declaration of Independence As it is stated literally in ...

in 1997.

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Government agencies of Albania Albanian intelligence agencies Government agencies established in 1991 1991 establishments in Albania {{Gov-agency-stub

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