Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa

Superior Center of Defense Information
Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa (CESID)
Agency overview
FormedJuly 14, 1977 (1977-07-14)
Preceding agencies
  • Servicio Central de Documentación (SECED)
  • Brigada Político-Social (BPS)
  • Servicio de Información del Alto Estado Mayor (SIAEM)
Dissolved6 May 2002
Superseding agency
TypeState intelligence agency
Jurisdiction Spain
Agency executive

The Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa (English: Superior Center of Defense Information; CESID) was the Spanish intelligence agency before the current Centro Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) took over as its successor in 2002.