General Directorate of General Security

General Directorate of General Security
المديرية العامة للأمن العام

Emblem-Logo of the General Directorate of General Security of Lebanon
Intelligence and Security Agency overview
Formed July 21, 1921 (1921-07-21)[1]
Preceding Intelligence and Security Agency
  • National Intelligence Agency (GDGS)
Headquarters Beirut, Beirut Lebanon
Employees Classified
Annual budget Classified
Intelligence and Security Agency executive
Website http://www.general-security.gov.lb

The General Security Directorate (Arabic: الامن العام‎‎ al-Amn al-'Aam) (French: La Sûreté Générale) is a Lebanese intelligence agency founded on July 21, 1921 and was originally known as the "first bureau". On June 12, 1959, Decree-Law No. 139, in force until that date, was published. Under this decree the General Security becomes a branch depending on the power of the Minister of Interior and headed by a Director General, as President. On December 16, 1959, Organizational Decree No 2873 was published . It establishes a regional organization of general security and creates more Branch, regional departments, border, maritime and air.

Its full name is "General Directorate of General Security" (Direction Générale de la Sûreté Générale, المديرية العامة للأمن العام).

Its primary function is to collect and gather Intelligence, and to inform the Lebanese government to ensure the national security and public order throughout the territory of the Republic of Lebanon. General Security is also responsible for monitoring resident aliens on Lebanese soil by issuing them visas and entry permits into Lebanese territory, and residence permits and card stays. It monitors the media by ensuring they do not touch with their content, public order, or undermines an institution of the Lebanese state, and community components to the Lebanese society.

Finally, it is responsible for issuing passports and travel documents to Lebanese citizens.

Security Functions

Foreigner Service

Technical Functions

Perception

The General Directorate of General Security in Lebanon under the leadership of his Director, Major General jamil Sayyed (1998-2005), has begun for several years a large process of modernization, efficiency, transparency and reorganization of its departments, creating new Territorial Centres of the General Security in each of the Regional Departments by being closer to the hamlets and isolated villages and to meet expectations of Lebanese citizens, thus, deliver their documents quickly and to ensure public safety in the area there.For example, renewals of documents can be done through the Post Lebanese (Lebanon Post) which transmits them to the General Security then go to renewal applicants, such as passports are renewed in one week. The Lebanese General Security has also initiated a process of reform of complaints handling procedures and administrative complaints, thus, better and faster support for Lebanese citizens' requests and complaints.

This large reform led the United Nations in its annual report for 2004 to consider the Lebanese General Security as one of the top five best Official Institutions in the Middle East. The Surete Generale and its Director Sayyed were praised the same year too by the council of Maronite Bishops headed by Patriarch Sfeir as the only transparent, uncorrupted and efficient Lebanese institution.

These efforts were continued by the successor, Major General Abbas Ibrahim since he took office in July 2011 in full agreement with Interior Minister Marwan Charbel and his successor Nouhad Machnouk.

General Security aspires to play a facilitating role in the economic and tourism of Lebanon (tracking incoming tourists to Lebanon depending on the General Security).

Current Director

Former Directors[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History of the GDGS". Lebanese Government. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Lebanese General Security - about". general-security.gov.lb. Retrieved 2016-09-13. line feed character in |title= at position 26 (help)

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