A service within the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MSW) of the Polish People's Republic, one of the state security organs within the meaning of the Lustration Act, dissolved in 1990.
The Act of 6 April 1990 on the Office of State Protection (UOP) provided that the Security Service would be dissolved upon the creation of the Office of State Protection (Article 129(1)).1,2
More in the service card: Office of State Protection (UOP).
Sources
- Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Act of 6 April 1990 on the Office of State Protection, Journal of Laws 1990 No. 30, item 180 (in Polish)
- Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Act of 18 October 2006 on the disclosure of information about documents of the state security organs from 1944–1990 and the content of those documents, consolidated text, Journal of Laws 2023, item 342, as amended (announcement of 9.02.2024) (in Polish)
Checked: 3 November 2026