Ministry for State Security
# Ministry for State Security

Ministry for State Security or Ministry of State Security (often abbreviated to MSS) may refer to:

* Ministry of State Security (China)
* Ministry of State Security (North Korea)
* Ministry for State Security (East Germany), more commonly known as the Stasi
* Ministry of State Security (Soviet Union)
* Ministry of State Security (Transnistria)
* Ministry of Public Security (Poland)

## Similar agencies

* South African Bureau of State Security
* State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus
* Committee for State Security in the People's Republic of Bulgaria
* KGB (Committee for State Security), in the Soviet Union
* Sigurimi (Directorate of State Security) in the Socialist People's Republic of Albania
* Main Directorate of State Security in the Soviet Union
* People's Commissariat for State Security (Soviet Union)
* State Security Council in South Africa
* Securitate (State Security Department) in Communist Romania
* UDBA (State Security Directorate) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
* State Security Intelligence in Egypt
* Belgian State Security Service
* State Security Service Nigeria
* Reich Security Main Office (Nazi Germany)
