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Directorate General for External Security

The Directorate General for External Security (French: Direction générale de la Sécurité extérieure, DGSE) is France's foreign intelligence agency, equivalent to the British SIS and the American CIA, established on 27 November 1943. The DGSE safeguards French national security through intelligence gathering and conducting paramilitary and…

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Headquarters
141 Boulevard Mortier, Paris XX, France
Agency executive
Nicolas Lerner, Director
Annual budget
€880 million (2021)
Employees
7,000
Formed
27 November 1943
Jurisdiction
Government of France

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Headquarters · 2
Directorate General for External Security → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…, 141 Boulevard Mortier, Paris XX, France
Agency executive · 1
Directorate General for External Security → Nicolas Lerner, Director
Annual budget · 1
Directorate General for External Security → €880 million (2021)
Employees · 1
Directorate General for External Security → 7,000
Formed · 1
Directorate General for External Security → 27 November 1943
Jurisdiction · 1
Directorate General for External Security → Government of France
Minister responsible · 1
Directorate General for External Security → Catherine Vautrin, Minister of the Armed Forces
Motto · 1
Directorate General for External Security → Partout où nécessité fait loi "Wherever necessity makes law"
Parent Ministry · 1
Directorate General for External Security → Ministry of Armed Forces
Preceding agency · 1
Directorate General for External Security → External Documentation and Counter-Espionage Service

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Directorate General for External SecurityAnnual budget€880 million (2021)1.00infobox
Directorate General for External SecurityEmployees7,0001.00infobox
Directorate General for External SecurityFormed27 November 19431.00infobox
Directorate General for External SecurityHeadquarters141 Boulevard Mortier, Paris XX, France1.00infobox
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Directorate General for External SecurityJurisdictionGovernment of France1.00infobox
Directorate General for External SecurityMinister responsibleCatherine Vautrin, Minister of the Armed Forces1.00infobox
Directorate General for External SecurityMottoPartout où nécessité fait loi "Wherever necessity makes law"1.00infobox
Directorate General for External SecurityParent MinistryMinistry of Armed Forces1.00infobox
Directorate General for External SecurityPreceding agencyExternal Documentation and Counter-Espionage Service1.00infobox
Directorate General for External SecurityWebsitewww.dgse.gouv.fr1.00infobox

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