Editing Stasi (section)

== Structure ==
By the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Stasi had more than 100,000 employees, 11,000 of which were in the Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment, and the rest in the agency's various departments. The MfS was organized into more than 40 different departments and branches, known as ''Hauptabteilungen'' (Main Departments), each covering a different aspect of its work:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koehler |first=John |title=East Germany: The Stasi and De-Stasification |url=https://demokratizatsiya.pub/ |access-date=October 1, 2024 |website=Demokratizatsiya |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

* HA I ([[National People's Army|NVA]] and [[Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic|Grenztruppen]] internal security)
* HA II (Counterespionage, control of foreign embassies, internal MfS security, special events)
* HA III (Electronic surveillance)
* HA VI (Passport and border control, tourism security)
* HA VII ([[Volkspolizei]] internal security)
* HA VIII (Investigations and surveillance, control of transit routes)
* HA IX (Internal investigations)
* HA XVIII (Economic, industrial and agricultural security)
* HA XIX (Traffic and communications )
* HA XX (Government internal security, [[Politics of East Germany|political parties]], [[Christianity in East Germany|churches]], [[East Germany#Sport|sports]], youth groups, dissident movements)
* HA XXII (Counter-terrorist intelligence and riot control)
* HA Cadre (Training, personnel management and discipline)
* HA Personal (Party leadership protection)
* [[Main Directorate for Reconnaissance|HVA]] (Foreign intelligence and espionage)
* Abteilung X (Eastern European security collaboration)
* Abteilung XI (Central cipher service)
* Abteilung XIII (Central computer center)
* Abteilung XIV (Prisons and labor camps)
* Abteilung XVII (Border crossing permit offices in [[West Berlin]])
* Abteilung 26 (Telephone control and [[wiretapping]])
* MfS Legal Department
* Juristische Hochschule des MfS (College of Justice, MfS officer's school)
* Fachschule Gransee (Special School Gransee, MfS basic training)
* Zentraler Medizinischer Dienst in MfS (Central MfS medical service)
* Institute fuer Fremdsprachenausbildung (Foreign language training)
* [[Stasi Arbeitsgruppe des Ministers S|Arbeitsgruppe des Ministers]] (AGM, Ministerial Working Group, Internment and Special Forces)
* Arbeitsgruppe des Ministers 5 (AGM 5, Rangers, diversion operatives, and sharpshooters)
* Abteilung M (Postal control)
* Abteilung Finanzen (Finance department)
* Zentrale Koordinierungsgruppe (ZKG, Central Coordinating Group, combatting defections)
* Verwaltung Rueckwaertige Dienste (support services, construction of MfS buildings)
* Zentraler Operationsstab (Central Operations Staff, planning and directing central MfS operations)
* Abteilung E (Passport and document forgery)
* Abteilung Bewaffnung, Chemische Dienste (Armaments and chemical warfare)