An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs.

Lists of current ministries of internal affairs

Named "ministry"

* Ministry of Internal Affairs (Adygea) * Ministry of Interior Affairs (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Albania) *

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Altai Republic) The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Altai Republic (Russian: Министерство внутренних дел по Республике Алтай) is the internal security ministry of the Altai Republic in southern Russia Russia (, , ...

* Ministry of the Interior (Argentina) * Ministry of the Interior (Austria) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Azerbaijan) * Ministry of Interior (Bahrain) * Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh) * Ministry of Public Administration (Bangladesh) *

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Bashkortostan) Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bashkortostan or just The Police of Bashkortostan (Министерство внутренних дел по Республике Башкортостан - полиции Башкортостана) is the interior ...

* Ministry of Internal Affairs (Belarus) * Ministry of Home Affairs (Bermuda) * Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (Bhutan) * Federal Ministry of Interior (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) * Ministry of National Integration (Brazil) *

Ministry of Home Affairs (Brunei) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA; , ''KHEDN'') is a cabinet-level ministry in the government of Brunei which is responsible for the country's administrative divisions, municipal areas, immigration, labour, fire and rescue services, prison an ...

* Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria) * Ministry of Public Security of Burundi * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Buryatia) * Ministry of Interior (Cambodia) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Chechnya) * Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Chile) *

Ministry of Civil Affairs The Ministry of Civil Affairs is a ministry in the State Council of the People's Republic of China, responsible for social and administrative affairs. It was founded in May 1978, and the current Minister is Tang Dengjie. Its precedent was the Mini ...

(China) *

Ministry of Public Security (China) The Ministry of Public Security () is a government ministry of the People's Republic of China responsible for public and political security. It oversees more than 1.9 million of the country's law enforcement officers and as such the vast ma ...

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Kalmykia) The Ministry for Internal Affairs of Kalmykia (Министерство внутренних дел по Республике Калмыкия) is the official name of Kalmykia's police. It is subordinate directly to the Russian Interior Ministry ...

* Ministry of Internal Affairs (Karachay-Cherkessia) * Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Khakassia) *

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Komi Republic) The Ministry for Internal Affairs of Komi Republic (Министерство внутренних дел по Республике Хакасия) is the main law enforcement organization in the Komi Republic in Russia. It is subordinate to the Ru ...

* Ministry of the Interior and Safety (South Korea) * Ministry of Interior (Kuwait) * Ministry of the Interior (Kyrgyzstan) * Ministry of Public Security (Laos) * Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon) *

Ministry of Interior (Libya) The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Libya (وزارة الداخلية الليبية) is the interior ministry of Libya. The Ministry is headquartered in Tripoli. Structure Supreme Security Committee The Supreme Security Committee (SSC) w ...

* Ministry of the Interior (Lithuania) * Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysia) * Ministry of Home Affairs (Maldives) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Mari El) * Ministry of the Interior and Decentralization (Mauritania) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Moldova) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Montenegro) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Mordovia) * Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar) * Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal) * Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Netherlands) * Ministry of Justice and Security (Netherlands) *

Ministry of Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization (Niger) The Ministry of Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization of the Government of Niger is the government authority responsible for policing, internal security and the ongoing process of decentralization of authority to the Regions, Departments, an ...

* Federal Ministry of Interior (Nigeria) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (North Macedonia) *

Ministry of Internal Affairs (North Ossetia–Alania) The Ministry for Internal Affairs (Министерство внутренних дел по Республике Северная Осетия – Алания) is the main law enforcement organ in North Ossetia–Alania in south Russia. Current ...

* Ministry of Interior (Oman) *

Ministry of Interior (Pakistan) The Ministry of Interior ( ur, , abbreviated as MoI) is a Cabinet of Pakistan, Cabinet-level ministry of the Pakistan Government, Government of Pakistan, tasked and primarily responsible for implementing the internal policies, state security, ...

* Ministry of the Interior (Peru) * Ministry of Interior and Administration (Poland) * Ministry of Internal Administration (Portugal) * Ministry of Public Security (Quebec) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Republic of Karelia) * Ministry of Interior (Republika Srpska) *

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Romania) The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania ( ro, Ministerul Afacerilor Interne) is one of the eighteen ministries of the Government of Romania. From 23 August 1944 to 18 March 1975 the ministry held the title of ''Minister of Internal Affairs' ...

* Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia) *

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Sakha Republic) Ministry for Internal Affairs of Sakha Republic (russian: Министерство внутренних дел по Республике Саха (Якутия)) is the main law enforcement organ in Sakha Republic, near Siberia in Russia. Externa ...

* Ministry of Interior (Saudi Arabia) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia) * Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government (Serbia) * Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore) * Ministry of the Interior (Slovakia) * Ministry of the Interior (Slovenia) * Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs (Somalia) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (South Sudan) *

Ministry of the Interior (Spain) The Ministry of the Interior (MIR) is a department of the Government of Spain responsible for public security, the protection of the constitutional rights, the command of the law enforcement agencies, national security, immigration affairs, p ...

* Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka) *

Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for internal affairs, development of Wayamba and culture. The ministry is responsible for formulating and impleme ...

(Sri Lanka) * Ministry of Interior (Syria) *

Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan) The Ministry of the Interior (MOI; ) is a cabinet level policy-making body, governed under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is the fundamental executive yuan agency responsible for home affairs and security throughout Taiw ...

* Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tajikistan) *

Ministry of Home Affairs (Tanzania) The Ministry of Home Affairs is a government ministry of Tanzania. Its mission is to "save lives and properties, facilitate and control movement of aliens and non-aliens, assist refugees, and rehabilitate convicts through implementation of relevan ...

* Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tatarstan) * Ministry of Interior (Thailand) * Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria * Ministry of the Interior (Tunisia) * Ministry of the Interior (Turkey) *

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Turkmenistan) The Ministry of Internal Affairs ( tk, Türkmenistanyň Içeri Işler Ministrligi) is the interior ministry or national police force of Turkmenistan. The ministry directly controls the Turkmen police force, consisting of about 25,000 personnel, an ...

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tuva) The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tuva () is the main policing and law enforcement body in the Republic of Tuva, a region of Eastern Russia. The current Interior Minister is Police Colonel Yury Polyakov, who assumed office in September 2019. It ce ...

* Ministry of Internal Affairs (Udmurtia) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uganda) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine) * Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uzbekistan) * Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace (Venezuela) *

Ministry of Home Affairs (Vietnam) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA, vi, Bộ Nội vụ) is a government ministry in Vietnam responsible for: organisational structure of state administration; local government organisations, management of administrative boundaries; officials, ...

* Ministry of Public Security (Vietnam) *

Ministry of Home Affairs (Zambia) The Ministry of Home Affairs is a ministry in Zambia. It is headed by the Minister of Home Affairs. List of ministers Deputy ministers References {{authority control Home Affairs Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Z ...

* Ministry of Home Affairs (Zimbabwe)

Named "department"

* Department of Home Affairs (Australia) * Department of Justice (Ireland) * Department of Home Affairs (Isle of Man) * Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand) * Department of the Interior and Local Government (Philippines) *

Department of Home Affairs (South Africa) Aaron Motsoaledi was appointed as South Africa's minister of the Department of Home Affairs in May 2019. Duties The department is responsible for: * Maintenance of the National Population Register (the civil registry), including the recordi ...

* Department of Police (South Africa) * Department of Homeland Security (Spain) * Federal Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland) *

Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise (Tamil Nadu) The Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise of state of Tamil Nadu is one of the Departments of Government of Tamil Nadu Departments Sub Sections Sub - Departments Additional Work of Departments Undertakings & Bodies ...

* Department of Homeland Security (United States) *

Department of Home and Confidential The Department of Home and Confidential (IAST: ) or Home Department serves as the ministry of the interior of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Responsible for the maintenance of law and order in the state of Uttar Pradesh, the department makes de ...

(Uttar Pradesh) *

Department of Home (West Bengal) The Department of Home and Hill Affairs, popularly known as the Home Department, is a West Bengal government department. It is an interior ministry mainly responsible for the administration of the West Bengal National Volunteer Force and Civil-M ...

Other names

Federal Public Service Interior The FPS Interior ( nl, FOD Binnenlandse Zaken, french: SPF Intérieur, german: FÖD Inneres), formerly the Ministry of the Interior, is a Federal Public Service of Belgium. It was created by Royal Order on January 14, 2002, as part of the plans o ...

(Belgium) * Public Safety Canada * Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (European Union) * Home Affairs Bureau (Hong Kong) * Secretariat of the Interior (Mexico) * Secretariat of State of Security (Spain) * Home Office (United Kingdom)

Historical

Named "ministry"

Ministry of the Interior and Justice (Colombia) The Ministry of the Interior and Justice ( es, Ministerio del Interior y Justicia, or MIJ), was at national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for the enforcement of both law and administration of justice, equivalent to ...

* Ministry of the Interior (Czechoslovakia) * Ministry of Interior and Health (Denmark) * Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia * Ministry of the Interior (Hawaii) * Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan) *

Ministry of Internal Security (Malaysia) Ministry of Internal Security ( ms, Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri), abbreviated KKDN, was a Malaysian federal government ministry. History This ministry was established in March 2004 by dividing the Home Ministry into two ministries, n ...

* Ministry of the Interior (Ottoman Empire) * Ministry of Interior (Poland) *

Ministry of Public Security (Poland) The Ministry of Public Security ( pl, Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego), commonly known as UB or later SB, was the secret police, intelligence and counter-espionage agency operating in the Polish People's Republic. From 1945 to 1954 it w ...

* Ministry of Police of the Russian Empire * Ministry of Interior and Defence (Singapore) * Ministry of Public Safety and Security (South Korea) * Ministry of Security and Public Administration (South Korea) *

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел СССР (МВД)) was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1991. The MVD was established as the successor to the ...

* Ministry of the Interior (Yugoslavia)

Named "department"

* Department of Home Affairs (1901–1916) (Australia) *

Department of Home Affairs (1928–1932) The Department of Home Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between 1928 and 1932. It was the second so-named Australian Government department. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or government funding ...

(Australia) * Department of Home Affairs (1977–1980) (Australia) * Department of Home Affairs and Environment (Australia) * Department of Home and Territories (Australia) *

Department of Home Security The Department of Home Security was an Australian government department that existed between June 1941 and February 1946. History When the department was first established in June 1941, nearly two years after Australia entered World ...

(Australia) * Department of the Interior (1932–1939) (Australia) * Department of the Interior (1939–1972) (Australia)

Lists of current ministries of internal affairs

Named "ministry"

Named "department"

Other names

Historical

Named "ministry"

Named "department"

See also