charged with the personal security of the top party officials. The Division provided personal security to members and alternates of the Presidium of the Central Committee, ministers of the U.S.S.R. and their deputies, secretaries of the Central Committee, and a number of high officeholders specifically listed. The Division was also responsible for guarding important agencies and installations of the secret police themselves. A number of the top officials from this department were implicated in the Doctors' Plot, showing the inherent mistrust and suspicion within the Soviet security apparatus. List of ministers Viktor Abakumov (18 October 1946 – 14 July 1951) Sergei Ogoltsov (14 July 1951 – 9 August 1951) (acting) Semyon Ignatyev (9 August 1951 – 5 March 1953) Major campaigns Doctors' Plot Leningrad Affair Mingrelian Affair Night of the Murdered Poets Operation North Intelligence operations Red Orchestra (spy) Cambridge Five In popular culture In Tom Rob Smith's novel Child 44, the first in the Leo Demidov trilogy, Demidov is an MGB agent See also Eastern Bloc politics Stasi References Further reading See also: Law enforcement agencies of the Soviet Union Soviet intelligence agencies Defunct law enforcement agencies of Russia State Security Eastern Bloc Law enforcement in communist states Political repression in the Soviet Union Secret police 1946 establishments in Russia 1946 establishments in the Soviet Union 1953 disestablishments in the Soviet Union Government agencies established in 1946 Government agencies disestablished in 1953 Intelligence ministries