PIDE

Summary

PIDE is a secret police^[1]. PIDE draws 143 Wikipedia views per month (secret_police category, ranking #8 of 15).^[2]

Key Facts

• PIDE is in the country of Portugal^[3].
• PIDE's instance of is recorded as secret police^[4].
• PIDE's instance of is recorded as political police^[5].
• PIDE's headquarters location is recorded as Lisbon^[6].
• PIDE's Commons category is recorded as Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado^[7].
• PIDE's chairperson is recorded as Agostinho Lourenço^[8].
• PIDE's chairperson is recorded as Silva Pais, Fernando^[9].
• +1945-10-22T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PIDE^[10].
• PIDE was dissolved in +1969-11-24T00:00:00Z^[11].
• PIDE's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0349_p^[12].
• PIDE's parent organization or unit is recorded as Government of Portugal^[13].
• PIDE's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado^[14].
• PIDE's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Estado Novo^[15].
• PIDE's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+3200'}^[16].
• PIDE's replaces is recorded as State Surveillance and Defense Police^[17].
• PIDE's replaced by is recorded as General Directorate for Security^[18].
• PIDE's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado'}^[19].
• PIDE's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 1333676250^[20].
• PIDE's University of Barcelona authority ID is recorded as 981058619871606706^[21].

Body

Founding

+1945-10-22T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PIDE^[10].

Identity

PIDE's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado'}^[19].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Agostinho Lourenço^[8], a military personnel^[22], 1886–1964^[23], of Portugal^[24] and Silva Pais, Fernando^[9], a politician^[25], 1905–1981^[26].

Operations

PIDE's headquarters location is recorded as Lisbon^[6]. PIDE's parent organization or unit is recorded as Government of Portugal^[13].

Dissolution

PIDE was dissolved in +1969-11-24T00:00:00Z^[11].

Why It Matters

PIDE draws 143 Wikipedia views per month (secret_police category, ranking #8 of 15).^[2] PIDE has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] PIDE is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]