Coordinación de Informaciones de Estado (''State Intelligence Coordination'', CIDE) was the first

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, ...

civilian

intelligence agency An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, public safety, and foreign policy objectives. Means of inf ...

created in 1946 by

Juan Perón Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labour and Vice President of a military dictatorship, he was elected ...

, who was the ''de facto'' Argentine vice president at the time. It is the predecessor of

Secretaría de Informaciones de Estado The ''Secretaría de Informaciones de Estado'' (Secretariat of State Information) was an Argentine intelligence agency, created in 1955 by National Executive Decree No. 776 of January 20 during the government of Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Pedro Eu ...

and the current Secretaría de Inteligencia

See also