The General Security Directorate (Arabic: الامن العام‎‎ al-Amn al-'Aam) (French: La Sûreté Générale) is a Lebanese intelligence agency founded on July 21, 1921 and was originally known as the "first bureau". On June 12, 1959, Decree-Law No. 139, in force until that date, was published. Under this decree the General Security becomes a branch depending on the power of the Minister of Interior and headed by a Director General, as President.On December 16, 1959, Organizational Decree No 2873 was published . It establishes a regional organization of general security and creates more Branch, regional departments, border, maritime and air.