National Intelligence Centre (Spain)

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National Intelligence Centre

Centro Nacional de Inteligencia
Agency overview
Formed	6 May 2002[1]
Preceding agency	Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa (CESID)
Jurisdiction	Government of Spain
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Employees	Classified
Annual budget	€337.1 million (2023)[2]
Agency executive	Esperanza Casteleiro, Director
Parent agency	Ministry of Defence
Child agencies	National Office for Security National Cryptologic Center National Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
Website	www.cni.es

The National Intelligence Centre (Spanish: Centro Nacional de Inteligencia, CNI) is the Spanish official intelligence agency, acting as both its foreign and domestic intelligence agency. Its headquarters are located next to the A-6 motorway near Madrid. The CNI is the successor of the Centro Superior de Información de la Defensa, the Higher Centre for Defence Intelligence. Its main target areas are North Africa and South America and it operates in more than 80 countries. CNI's official budget for 2021 is approximately 300 million euros (the CNI can get further resources from the classified funds).^[3]

The Secretary of State-Director of the CNI is currently Esperanza Casteleiro.