This is a list of senior Securitate officers. The General Direction for the Security of the People, better known by its Romanian abbreviation, Securitate, was officially founded on August 30, 1948 by Decree 221/30. However, it had effectively existed since August 1944, when communists began to infiltrate the Ministry of Internal Affairs on a large scale, with help from SMERSH, an NKVD unit charged with demolishing existing intelligence agencies and replacing them with Soviet-style bodies in the Soviet-occupied countries of Eastern Europe.
From its inception, the Securitate engaged in a terror campaign against "class enemies". The campaign was led from the position of Minister of Interior by Teohari Georgescu in 1948–1952, and Alexandru Drăghici in 1952–1965, seconded in the position of Deputy Interior Minister (until 1960) and Chief of Securitate by Gheorghe Pintilie. Although the largest number of victims was registered between 1948 and 1952, the campaign continued until 1965.
Top leaders
Teohari Georgescu
Gheorghe Pintilie
Alexandru Nicolschi
Mișu Dulgheru
Tudor Sepeanu
Alexandru Drăghici
Serghei Nicolau
Leaders of the Securitate in 1948
In 1948, the Securitate had a personnel of 3,973 of all ranks; of those, 1,151 belonged to the national directorates and 2,822 to the regional directorates.
Top leadership
Director General: lieutenant general Gheorghe Pintilie
Deputy Directors: major general Alexandru Nicolschi, major general
Registrar Office: Director: major Office Chiefs: captain Dumitru Donescu, captain Emanoil Schmerler Section Chiefs: captain Nicolae Mateescu, captain Alexandru Jurcă Soviet Counselors: Dmitry Georgievich Fedichkin, Aleksandr Mihailovich Sakharovskii, Valerian Bucikov, Moscalu, Tsygankov
National directorates
First Directorate
Director: colonel
Deputy Director: lieutenant colonel Andrei Glavaciov
Branch Chiefs: major Ionel Negreanu, captain Mauriciu Adam, captain , captain Aurelian Ionescu Second Directorate Director: colonel Gogu Popescu Deputy Director: major Gheorghe Bulz Branch Chiefs: captain Ilie Sariceleanu, major Maximilian Vardan, captain Mihai Andriescu Third Directorate Director: major Coman Stoilescu Branch Chiefs: captain Augustin Cosma, lieutenant Grigore Filipescu Fourth Directorate Director: major Gheorghe Petrescu Deputy Director: captain Cricor Garabețian Branch Chiefs: captain Boris Caranicolov, captain Ilarion Savenco, captain Andrei Ciuperge, lieutenant Gheorghe Mihăilescu Fifth Directorate Directors: colonel Mișu Dulgheru, colonel Mircea Lepădătescu Deputy Director: lieutenant colonel Simion Tudor Dincă Branch Chiefs: captain Matușei Andriescu, captain Grigore Ștețcovici Sixth Directorate Director: lieutenant colonel Augustin Albon Deputy Director: major Ion Crișan Branch Chiefs: lieutenant Traian Predescu, captain Dionisie Dobre, lieutenant Andrei Tulbure Seventh Directorate Director: lieutenant colonel Alexandru Neacșu Branch Chief: major Cornel Goliumbovici Eighth Directorate Deputy Director: major Dumitru Popescu Ninth Directorate Deputy Directors: major Alexandru Guțan (Director of Aiud Prison, 1945–1948), major Nicolae Duță Branch Chief: captain Milo Aritonovici Tenth Directorate Director: colonel Alexandru Jurnu Deputy Director: major Ion Ceslanschi Branch Chief: captain Mihalache Bujor