DEMIAP (''Détection Militaire des Activités Anti-Patrie'' – Military Detection of Antipatriotic Activities) was the

military intelligence Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions. This aim is achieved by providing an assessment of data from a ...

organization of the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. According to Belgian official sources in 2002, it falls under the authority, 'at least officially', of the chief of staff of Congolese Armed Forces (Forces armées congolaises, FAC), now succeeded by the

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. it was divided in two departements: * DEMIAP/Extérieur: External security * DEMIAP/Intérieur: Internal security The DEMIAP succeeded to the Military Action and Intelligence Service (Service d'action et de renseignements militaires, SARM) that was created in 1986 with the main goal of reorganizing military intelligence gathering and create a deployable force capable to smash any threat internal ou external (Régiment d'Action Commando). His staff was estimated between 1500-2000 employees and was headed by then Colonel Mahele Lieko with severals deputies: * in charge of Action, * in charge of Administration and * in charge of Research. It is now known since 2003 as General Staff of Military Intelligence.

List of commanders of SARM/DEMIAP

1.Général MAHELE LIEKO(1985-1991) 2. General BOLOZI GBUDU (1995-1997) 3. General SIKATENDA SHABANI (1997-1998) 4. Colonel DAMAS KABULO MYDIA VITA (1998-2001) 5. General DIEUDONNÉ KAYEMBE MBANDAKULU (2002-2003) 6. General DIDIER ETUMBA LONGILA (2003-2007) 7. General KITENGE TUNDWA (2007-2013) 8. General JEAN CLAUDE YAV KABEJ (2013-2014) 9. General TAGE TAGE (2014-2015) 10. General DELPHIN KAHIMBI (2015-...) Three of its previous commanders, General MAHELE LIEKO, General Dieudonné Mbandakulu and Didier Etumba Longila, later assumed the Chief of Staff of the FARDC (ex-FAZ).

References

Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Law enforcement agencies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRCongo-stub