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Direction générale des études et de la documentation
Foreign intelligence agency of Morocco / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The General Directorate for Studies and Documentation (French: Direction Générale des Études et de la Documentation, DGED) is the foreign intelligence agency of Morocco, under authority of the Administration for National Defense.[3] It is officially tasked with maintaining national security and the safety of national institutions.[4]
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Direction Générale des Études et de la Documentation المديرية العامة للدراسات والمستندات | |
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Formed | January 12, 1973; 51 years ago (1973-01-12) |
Headquarters | Rabat, Morocco |
Employees | 4,000 (2003 estimate)[1] |
Annual budget | 1,08 billion dirham (2015)[2] |
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Parent department | Administration for National Defense |
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The current general director of the DGED is Mohammed Yassine Mansouri, who studied with Mohammed VI at the Royal College and previously ran Maghreb Arabe Press.[5][6][7] Mansouri was appointed to the position by Mohammed VI on February 14, 2005.[8] The agency collaborates often with its internal counterpart, the DGST.[9][10]