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Ferenc Münnich Münnich Ferenc Hungarian communist who backed Soviet intervention with Kádár in 1956 and became prime minister after the revolution was crushed Government and administration · Hungary 1886–1967
Václav Nosek Václav Nosek Czechoslovak interior minister whose purge of non-communist police in February 1948 triggered the government crisis and communist takeover Security, intelligence and policing · Czechoslovakia 1892–1955
Wilhelm Zaisser Wilhelm Zaisser First East German Minister for State Security, purged in 1953 after trying to replace Ulbricht Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1893–1958
Allen Dulles Allen Dulles The American intelligence official who institutionalized covert war Security, intelligence and policing · United States state institutions 1893–1969
Ernst Wollweber Ernst Wollweber Communist who ran an anti-fascist sabotage network before the war and headed the Stasi from 1953 to 1957 Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1898–1967
John Alexander McCone John Alexander McCone CIA director who alone warned that Soviet missiles were coming to Cuba Security, intelligence and policing · United States state institutions 1902–1991
Rudolf Herrnstadt Rudolf Herrnstadt Editor of Neues Deutschland who helped draft the 1953 New Course, moved against Ulbricht and was purged as a “faction” Ideology and propaganda · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1903–1966
Anton Ackermann Anton Ackermann German communist who drafted the KPD’s 1945 appeal and argued for a “special German road to socialism” Ideology and propaganda · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1905–1973
Gábor Péter Péter Gábor Founder of Hungary's secret police, and its prisoner Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1906–1993
Erich Fritz Emil Mielke Erich Mielke East Germany's 'Master of Fear': the Stasi chief who ruled state security for 32 years Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1907–2000
Josef Pavel Josef Pavel Prague Spring interior minister whose security reforms were undermined by KGB subversion and internal betrayal Security, intelligence and policing · Czechoslovakia 1908–1973
Teohari Georgescu Teohari Georgescu The first communist interior minister, builder of the Securitate, purged in 1952 alongside Pauker and Luca for "shielding" them Security, intelligence and policing · Romania 1908–1976
Edward Geary Lansdale Edward Lansdale The Mongoose architect whose six-phase Cuba overthrow plan convinced the Soviets invasion was coming Security, intelligence and policing · United States state institutions 1908–1987
László Rajk Rajk László Interior minister who built the ÁVH secret police, then fell as the first major victim of Stalinist show trials in Eastern Europe Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1909–1949
Aleksandar Ranković Александар Ранковић Tito's third man, who directed the Cominform purges Security, intelligence and policing · Yugoslavia 1909–1983
Koçi son of Dhimitër Xoxe Koçi Xoxe Albania's postwar interior minister and deputy premier Security, intelligence and policing · Albania 1911–1949
Arthur Lundahl Arthur C. Lundahl The founding father of photo interpretation whose analysts spotted Soviet missiles in Cuba and triggered the crisis Security, intelligence and policing · United States state institutions 1915–1992
Józef Światło Józef Światło Deputy head of Poland’s security Department X whose 1953 defection and broadcasts exposed the ministry’s torture and purges Security, intelligence and policing · Poland 1915–1994
Viliam Šalgovič Viliam Šalgovič The deputy interior minister who arrested Dubček and handed him to the Soviets Security, intelligence and policing · Czechoslovakia 1919–1990
McGeorge Bundy McGeorge Bundy The National Security Advisor who chose not to wake the president on the first night of the Cuban Missile Crisis Security, intelligence and policing · United States state institutions 1919–1996
Hussein Kulmiye Afrah Xuseen Kulmiye Afrax Leadership of Somalia’s revolutionary council Security, intelligence and policing 1920–1993
Sándor Kopácsi Kopácsi Sándor A police chief who stood between state orders and guns aimed at the people Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1922–2001
Markus Wolf Markus Wolf A long-serving architect of Cold War intelligence Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1923–2006
Czesław Jan Kiszczak Czesław Jan Kiszczak Poland's interior minister who imposed martial law then co-chaired the Round Table Security, intelligence and policing · Poland 1925–2015
Richard Ratsimandrava Richard Ratsimandrava Fokonolona and local communities Security, intelligence and policing · Madagascar 1931–1975
Harald Jäger Harald Jäger From border controller to the officer who ordered the Wall opened Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1943–