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'''Nemzetbiztonsági Hivatal''' (NBH) (Office of National Security) is the name of a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[secret service]]. Its primary responsibilities are defensive: counterintelligence, counter-terrorism, and related proactive measures. The Hivatal also leads investigations against organized crime and deals with (mainly internal) threats against society (such as political extremism).


[[Image:Emblem of the Constitution Protection Office of Hungary.svg|thumb|right|The AH logo. The bird is a [[turul]] and the shield itself the [[Arpad stripes]] of ancient Hungary. Its slogan means: "The homeland before all!"]]
It was reorganized after the fall of the [[socialist]] era in 1989, and it should now follow the modern law-based kind of information gathering and [[government]] support. Its previous incarnation has been part of the Ministry of Interior (Department III).


The '''Constitution Protection Office'''<ref name="news">{{cite web|url= http://www.tol.org/client/article/25103-hungarian-mep-spying-for-russia-may-lose-immunity.html|title=Hungarian MEP 'Spying' for Russia May Lose Immunity|publisher=Transitions Online|date=15 October 2015|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref> ({{Lang-hu|Alkotmányvédelmi Hivatal}}, <abbr>"''AH''"</abbr>) is a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[internal security]] [[intelligence agency]], formerly known as {{Lang|hu|Nemzetbiztonsági Hivatal}} (En. Office of National Security). Its primary responsibilities are: [[counterintelligence]], [[Corruption|anticorruption]], [[economic security]] and related proactive measures. The ''AH'' also leads investigations against [[organized crime]] and deals with (mainly internal) threats against society (such as [[subversion]]).
== External links ==
* [http://www.nbh.hu Hungarian page of the NBH]
* [http://www.nbh.hu/english/index.htm English page of the NBH]


AH is active since 2010.
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[[Category:Intelligence agencies]]
[[Category:Government of Hungary]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Hungary]]


==General Directors==
[[de:Nemzetbiztonsági Hivatal]]
* Dr. Bárdos Szabolcs
[[fr:Nemzetbiztonsági Hivatal]]
* Zoltán Kiss
[[hu:Nemzetbiztonsági Hivatal]]

[[ja:NBH]]
==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://ah.gov.hu/ internet page of the AH]

{{National intelligence agencies}}
[[Category:Hungarian intelligence agencies]]
[[Category:National security institutions]]
[[Category:Domestic intelligence agencies|Hungary]]

Revision as of 00:50, 11 December 2023

The AH logo. The bird is a turul and the shield itself the Arpad stripes of ancient Hungary. Its slogan means: "The homeland before all!"

The Constitution Protection Office[1] (Template:Lang-hu, "AH") is a Hungarian internal security intelligence agency, formerly known as Nemzetbiztonsági Hivatal (En. Office of National Security). Its primary responsibilities are: counterintelligence, anticorruption, economic security and related proactive measures. The AH also leads investigations against organized crime and deals with (mainly internal) threats against society (such as subversion).

AH is active since 2010.

General Directors

  • Dr. Bárdos Szabolcs
  • Zoltán Kiss

References

  1. ^ "Hungarian MEP 'Spying' for Russia May Lose Immunity". Transitions Online. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.