Kosovo Intelligence Agency

Kosovo Intelligence Agency
Agency overview
Formed February 4, 2009
Preceding agency
  • Kosovo Intelligence Group
Headquarters Pristina, Kosovo
Employees Classified
Ministers responsible
  • Florian Qehajes, Bexhet Pacolli
Agency executive
  • Shpend Maxhuni, Director
Website

The Kosovo Intelligence Agency (KIA; Albanian: Agjencia Kosovare e Inteligjencës, abbr. AKI) is a civilian intelligence agency of the Republic of Kosovo responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior Kosovo policymakers.[1] The KIA also engages in covert activities at the request of the Prime Minister of Kosovo. The KIA's primary function is to collect information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and to advise public policymakers. The agency conducts covert operations and paramilitary actions, and exerts foreign political influence through its Special Activities Division.

Director

NameFromUntil
Bashkim Smakaj[2]2009January 2015[3]
Agron Selimaj[4]January 201527 January 2017[5]
Driton Gashi[6]8 February 201710 April 2018[7]
Shpend Maxhuni[8]20 April 2018

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