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An interior ministry (sometimes ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, emergency management, national security,
civil defence Civil defense ( en, region=gb, civil defence) or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state (generally non-combatants) from man-made and natural disasters. It uses the principles of emergency operations: prevention, mit ...
, supervision of
local government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-l ...
s, conduct of
election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
s,
public administration Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment (public governance), management of non-profit est ...
and
immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, a ...
matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or a minister of home affairs. In some countries, police and security are controlled by a separated ministry. For example,
Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
's Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection and Minister of Public Security of
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Other countries have also different tasks being entitled to the namely Ministry of the Interior. Not always reflects the naming of the ministry the portfolio behind. For example,
Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
's Ministry of Peace has the classical portfolio of an interior ministry but is not named so. This list contains female ministers that had served or currently serving as Minister of Interior, which in charge, mainly of local governments, elections, and public administrations (justice, security, and policing also included if still managed under same ministry).


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Inger Louise Valle Inger Louise Valle (28 November 1921 – 21 May 2006) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, particularly noted for her efforts to reform the Norwegian penal system. She is the mother of professor Jan Grund. Biography She represented ...
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Harriet Andreassen Harriet Andreassen (6 May 1925 – 10 February 1997) was a Norwegian labour activist and politician for the Labour Party. Born in Vikna, she was secretary of the union ''Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbund'' (Union of Norwegian Working Men) from 1967 to 197 ...
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Britta Schall Holberg Britta Schall Caroc Holberg (25 July 1941 – 23 February 2022) was a Danish politician. A member of the Venstre party, she served as Minister of the Interior from 1982 to 1986, Minister for Agriculture from 1986 to 1987, and was a member of the ...
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Kaisa Raatikainen Kaisa Raatikainen (born 10 September 1928, Viitasaari, died 26 February 2007, Espoo) was a Finnish politician from the Social Democratic Party. She was member of the parliament from 1970 to 1987, and she served as the Minister of the Interior in t ...
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Margaret Austin Margaret Elizabeth Austin (née Leonard; born 1 April 1933) is a former New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1984 to 1996, representing first the Labour Party and then briefly United New Zealand. Life Early life, family and career Aust ...
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Ien Dales Catharina Isabella "Ien" Dales (18 October 1931 – 10 January 1994) was a Dutch politician and social worker. Born in Arnhem, she received a degree in education from the University of Amsterdam and worked in social services before her career in ...
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Birte Weiss Birte Weiss (born 1 May 1941) is a Danish journalist and social democrat politician, who served in various capacities in the government of Denmark. She works as a journalist for the newspaper ''Weekendavisen''. Early life and education Weiss wa ...
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Ruth Dreifuss Ruth Dreifuss (born 9 January 1940 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss politician affiliated with the Social Democratic Party. She was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1993 to 2002, representing the Canton of Geneva. She was elected to the Swis ...
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Meral Akşener Meral Akşener (née Gürer, ; born 18 July 1956) is a Turkish politician, teacher, historian and academic. She served as Minister of the Interior and was a vice-speaker of the Grand National Assembly. She also founded and is leader of the Good ...
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Laura Chinchilla Laura Chinchilla Miranda (; born 28 March 1959) is a Costa Rican politician who was President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014. She was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez's two Vice-Presidents and his administration's Minister of Justice. She was t ...
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Yeh Chin-fong Yeh Chin-fong (; born 22 June 1943) is a Taiwanese politician. She was the Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2000. Minister of Justice 1999 judicial person of the year In January 2000, Yeh was chosen as the Judicial Person of the Year for 1999. ...
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Francisca Pereira Francisca Lucas Pereira Gomes (born 1942), normally known as Francisca Pereira, is a former Guinea-Bissau, Bissau-Guinean nurse, independence activist and current politician. She was born in Bolama (town), Bolama, the former capital of the Portugue ...
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Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad (4 April 1939 in Grue – 6 June 2017) was a Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic ...
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Vasso Papandreou Vasso Papandreou (born 31 July 1944 in Valimitika) is a Greek politician. After being in exile during the rule of the Greek junta, she returned to Greece in 1974 and was a founding member of PASOK. In 1981 she was awarded a PhD in economics from ...
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Dosta Dimovska Dosta Dimovska ( mk, Доста Димовска; February 17, 1954 – April 11, 2011) was a Macedonian poet and politician. She graduated Philosophy at Skopje University. , , Europe , , , , - ,
Francesca Michelotti Francesca Michelotti (born 16 February 1952) is a San Marino, Sammarinese politician who has served in various positions in the Congress of State (the Government). As of January 2015, she was the head of the parliamentary group of the United Left ...
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Karen Jespersen Karen Moustgaard Jespersen (born 17 January 1947 in Copenhagen) is a Danish journalist and former politician representing the party Venstre. Early life Born in Copenhagen, she's the daughter of labourer Knud Jespersen and delicatessen owner Anna J ...
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Chang Po-ya Chang Po-ya (; born 5 October 1942) is a Taiwanese politician who is the founder of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union, a political party in Taiwan. Early life Born in what is now Chiayi City to Hsu Shih-hsien and Chang Chin-tung, both physician ...
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Mia Mottley Mia Amor Mottley, (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold ...
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Erna Solberg Erna Solberg (; born 24 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician and the current Leader of the Opposition. She served as the 35th prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021, and has been Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004. Solberg w ...
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Sarah Flood-Beaubrun Sarah Flood-Beaubrun (born 8 January 1969) is a Saint Lucian lawyer and politician. Beaubrun is the former representative for the constituency of Castries Central in the House of Assembly. Beaubrun lost her seat in the 2021 Saint Lucian Genera ...
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Cristina Fontes Lima Maria Cristina Lopes Almeida Fontes Lima (born 1958) is a Cape Verdean lawyer and politician who served as minister of justice from 2001 to 2006, Minister of Defence from 2006 to 2011 and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health from 2011 to ...
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Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula (born 13 November 1956) is a South African politician who currently serves as the Speaker of the National Assembly as of 19 August 2021. She has previously held the office of Minister of Defence and Military ...
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Liese Prokop Liesel "Liese" Prokop-Sykora (27 March 1941 – 31 December 2006) was an Austrian athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and, later in her life, a politician. Biography Born as Liese Sykora in Tulln District, Lower Austria, o ...
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Rosalia Nghidinwa Rosalia Annette Nghidinwa (26 October 1952 – 14 January 2018) was a Namibian politician.Profile
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Åslaug Haga Åslaug Marie Haga (born 21 October 1959) is Norwegian diplomat, politician and international civil servant. She has been board chair for various organizations, including the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) and the Peace Research ...
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Gordana Jankuloska Gordana Jankuloska (, ; born 12 October 1975) is the former 10th Interior Minister of the Government of North Macedonia. She was a Minister in four cabinets of Nikola Gruevski Nikola Gruevski ( mk, Никола Груевски, pronounced ; ...
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Guusje ter Horst Guus "Guusje" ter Horst (born 22 March 1952) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and psychologist. She is a member of the supervisory board of Royal Dutch Shell since 1 January 2013 and chairwoman of the supervisory board of ...
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Daisy Tourné Daisy Tourné (17 March 1951 – 19 November 2022) was a Uruguayan politician, teacher, and syndicalist. Early life and career Daisy Tourné was the daughter of María Obdulia Valdez and Pedro César Tourné, she was a niece to former Senator ...
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Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (; born 10 September 1946), known in France as MAM, is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans, part of the Eu ...
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Jacqui Smith Jacqueline Jill Smith (born 3 November 1962) is a British broadcaster, political commentator and former Labour Party politician. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Redditch from 1997 to 2010. She served as Home Secretary from 2007 to 2009 ...
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Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (born 12 November 1948 in Fister, Norway) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. Kleppa is educated as a teacher at Kristiansand Teacher Training College in 1970. She worked as a teacher from 1967 to 1992. Sh ...
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Maria Fekter Maria Theresia Fekter is an Politics of Austria, Austrian politician (Austrian People's Party, ÖVP) and was the Austrian Minister of Finance between 2011 and 2013. Before that, she was Minister of the Interior. On 27 June 2008, it was announced ...
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Katarina Kresal Katarina Kresal (born 28 January 1973) is a Slovenian politician. She was the Minister of the Interior in the government of Borut Pahor from 24 November 2008 till 19 August 2011. Biography Born in Ljubljana, Kresal studied law at the University o ...
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Sahara Khatun Sahara Khatun (1 March 1943 – 9 July 2020) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a cabinet minister. She was the incumbent Jatiyo Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-18 constituency, and was the presidium member of the party. Earl ...
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Janet Napolitano Janet Ann Napolitano (; born November 29, 1957) is an American politician, lawyer, and university administrator who served as the 21st governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009 and third United States secretary of homeland security from 2009 to 20 ...
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Karen Ellemann Karen Ellemann Kloch, formerly Karen Ellemann Karabian, (born 26 August 1969 in Charlottenlund) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. She is a former minister, having held the positions of Mini ...
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Cécile Manorohanta Cécile Manorohanta (Cécile Marie Ange Manorohanta) is a Malagasy politician serving in the government of Madagascar as deputy prime minister for the interior since 2009. Previously she was Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2009. Manorohanta was ...
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Liv Signe Navarsete Liv Signe Navarsete (born 23 October 1958 in Sogndal) is a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party. She has served as county governor of Vestland county since 2022. She previously served as Minister of Local Government from 2009 to 2013, Min ...
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Theresa May Theresa Mary May, Lady May (; née Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served in David Cameron's cabi ...
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Johanna Mikl-Leitner Johanna Mikl-Leitner (born 9 February 1964) is an Austrian politician (ÖVP) and since 19 April 2017 the governor of Lower Austria. Early life and education Johanna Mikl-Leitner was born in Hollabrunn, Lower Austria. She grew up in Großharras, ...
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Pelenike Isaia Pelenike Tekinene Isaia served in the Parliament of Tuvalu from 2011 to 2015. Before her election as an MP she worked for the Tuvalu Cooperative Society, as its branch manager in Nui. Her career in national politics began when she won the Aug ...
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Margrethe Vestager Margrethe Vestager (; born 13 April 1968) is a Danish politician currently serving as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age since December 2019 and European Commissioner for Competition since ...
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Joëlle Milquet Joëlle F.G.M. Milquet ( ; born 17 February 1961) is a Belgian politician from the Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH). Education She studied classics at the in Charleroi, before going on to graduate in law from the Université Catholique de Lo ...
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Amy Adams Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress. Known for both her comedic and dramatic roles, she has been featured three times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actresses. She has received various accolades, incl ...
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Liesbeth Spies Jantje Wilhelmina Elisabeth "Liesbeth" Spies (born 6 April 1966) is a Dutch politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), she has served as Mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn since 2014. She served as Minister of the Interior and Kin ...
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Eleni Mavrou Eleni Mavrou (, ) is the Executive Chairman of Dialogos Media Group. She served as Minister of Interior of the Republic of Cyprus until February 2013. Until 2011, she was the mayor of the capital city Nicosia for 5 years. Thus, Ms Mavrou became t ...
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Naledi Pandor Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor (née Matthews; born 7 December 1953) is a South African politician, educator and academic serving as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since 2019. She has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) ...
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Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana Pendukeni "Penny" Iivula-Ithana (born 11 October 1952) is a Namibian politician who served as the secretary general of SWAPO, Namibia's ruling party, from 2007 to 2012. She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia in 1989 and has been ...
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Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir (born 12 October 1966) is a former Icelandic minister, mayor and parliamentarian. She is currently the chair of the Executive Board of Women Political Leaders, Global Forum.womenpoliticalleaders.org Before that, ...
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Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh since January 2 ...
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Sanae Takaichi is a Japanese politician who has served as the Minister of State for Economic Security since August 2022. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, she has served in the House of Representatives since 2005, and had also served in several minist ...
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Vesna Györkös Žnidar Vesna Györkös Žnidar (born 29 December 1977) is a Slovenian politician who was Minister of Interior in the Cabinet of Miro Cerar between 18 September 2014 and 13 September 2018. She is a member of the Modern Centre Party. Career Györkös Ž ...
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Teresa Piotrowska Teresa Piotrowska (born 5 February 1955) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 16,716 votes in 4 Bydgoszcz district, as a candidate from the Civic Platform Civic Platform ( pl, Platforma Obywatelska ...
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Anabela Rodrigues Anabela Miranda Rodrigues (born 5 December 1953) is a Portuguese politician who was the first female Minister of Internal Administration, having served from 19 November 2014 to 30 October 2015 under Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho Pedro ...
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Ólöf Nordal Ólöf Nordal (3 December 1966 – 8 February 2017) was an Icelandic politician who was the Minister of the Interior of Iceland from 4 December 2014 to 11 January 2017. She died on 8 February 2017. She was a member of the Independence Party. ...
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Karen Ellemann Karen Ellemann Kloch, formerly Karen Ellemann Karabian, (born 26 August 1969 in Charlottenlund) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. She is a former minister, having held the positions of Mini ...
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Daisy Alik-Momotaro Daisy Alik-Momotaro is a Marshallese politician. She was a member of the Legislature of the Marshall Islands from 2015 to 2019, representing the Jaluit constituency. Alik-Momotaro studied at Portland State University in the United States, where ...
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Amber Rudd Amber Augusta Rudd (born 1 August 1963) is a British former politician who served as Home Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2018 to 2019. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings and Rye, fir ...
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Mitcy Larue Mitcy Larue is a member of the National Assembly of Seychelles. A teacher by profession, she is a member of the Seychelles People's Progressive Front, and was first elected to the Assembly in 1993. She served as the Minister of Family from 2018 ...
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Hlengiwe Mkhize Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize (6 September 1952 – 16 September 2021) was a South African politician, who served as Minister of Higher Education and Training under President Jacob Zuma. Early life and education Mkhize was born on 6 September 1952. ...
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Elaine Duke Elaine Costanzo Duke (born June 26, 1958) is an American civil servant and former United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, serving from April 10, 2017 until April 15, 2018. She became acting Secretary of Homeland Security on July 31, ...
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Ayanda Dlodlo Ayanda Dlodlo (born 22 May 1963) is a South African politician and former cabinet minister. A former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, she became a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress (ANC) in 2009. Thereafter, she was appointed ...
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Kajsa Ollongren Jkvr. Karin Hildur "Kajsa" Ollongren (; ; born 28 May 1967) is a Dutch politician serving as the Netherlands' Minister of Defence since 10 January 2022. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66), she previously served as Minister of the Interior and ...
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Tracey Martin Tracey Anne Martin (born 1 July 1964) is a New Zealand politician and a former member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. Until 2021 she was a member of the New Zealand First Party, and served as its Deputy Leader from 2013 to 2015. S ...
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Kirstjen Nielsen Kirstjen Michele Nielsen (; born May 14, 1972) is an American attorney who served as United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019. She is a former principal White House deputy chief of staff to President Donald Trump, and was ...
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Denisa Saková Denisa Saková (born 17 April 1976) is a Slovak politician, member of Hlas – SD and former Minister of Interior of Slovakia from April 2018 to March 2020. Saková studied Engineering management at University of Economics in Bratislava. She s ...
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María Paula Romo María Paula Romo (born 4 June 1979) is an Ecuadorian politician that served as Minister of Government under President Lenin Moreno. She was a member of the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly, Constituent Assembly that crafted Ecuador's current C ...
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Muferiat Kamil Muferihat Kamil Ahmed ( Amharic: ሙፈሪሃት ካሚል አሕመድ, ''mufärihat kamil ähmäd''; born 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Ministry of Labour and Skills Development in Ethiopia. She was the Speaker of the Hou ...
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Katri Raik Katri Raik (born 26 October 1967) is an Estonian politician formerly representing the Social Democratic Party. She was sworn in as the Minister of the Interior in Jüri Ratas' cabinet on 26 November 2018, after Andres Anvelt resigned from the p ...
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Olga Sánchez Cordero Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila (born 16 July 1947) is a Mexican politician and former jurist. She was the Secretariat of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior of Mexico, and the first woman to ever hold this position. She pre ...
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Elżbieta Witek Elżbieta Barbara Witek (née Zbanuch; born 17 December 1957, in Jawor) is a Polish politician and former Minister of the Interior and Administration, in office from June 2019 to August 2019, currently serving as the Marshal of the Sejm (). Fir ...
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Maria Ohisalo Maria Karoliina Ohisalo (born 8 March 1985) is a Finnish politician and researcher who served as Minister of the Interior between 2019 and 2021. The leader of the Green League, she has been a Member of Parliament since 2019. Ohisalo served as ...
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Rita Tamašunienė Rita Tamašunienė (née Sadovska) (born 27 September 1973 in Maišiagala) is a politician of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and member of the Twelfth Seimas of Lithuania. She served as Ministry of the Interior (Lithuania), Minister of ...
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Luciana Lamorgese Luciana Lamorgese (born 11 September 1953) is an Italian civil servant and prefect who served as minister of the interior in the governments of Prime Ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi from 2019 to 2022. Early life and career Born in Po ...
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, , , Asia , , , , - , Alicia Arango , , , South America , , , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Janaina Tewaney , , , North America , , Incumbent , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Annelies Verlinden , , , Europe , , Incumbent , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Jan Tinetti , , , Ocenia , , Incumbent , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Agnė Bilotaitė , , , Europe , , Incumbent , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Sabine Monauni , , , Europe , , Incumbent , , -style= , Karen Andrews , , , Oceania , , , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Ayelet Shaked , , , Asia , , Incumbent , , -style= , Alexandra Vela , , , South America , , , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Ana Revenco , , , Europe , , Incumbent , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Arsénia Massingue , , , Africa , , Incumbent , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Krista Mikkonen , , , Europe , , Incumbent , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Nancy Faeser , , , Europe , , Incumbent , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Hanke Bruins Slot , , , Europe , , Incumbent , , - , Izkia Siches , , , America , , , , -style= "background-color: , Tatjana Bobnar , , , Europe , , 14 December 2022 , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Clare O'Neil , , , Oceania , , Incumbent , , - , Suella Braverman , , , Europe , , , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Carolina Tohá , , , America , , Incumbent , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Suella Braverman , , , Europe , , Incumbent , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Sanja Ajanovič Hovnikminister pro tempore , , , Europe , {sort, 14 December 2022 , Incumbent ,


Constituent and dependent territories

{, class="wikitable sortable" ! Name !class=unsortable, Image ! Country ! Continent ! Mandate start ! Mandate end ! Term length , - , Yevgenia Bosch , , ' , Europe , 30 December 1917 , 1 March 1918 , 61 days , - , Paula Cox , , , America , , , , - , Cathy Jamieson , , , Europe , , , , - , Lilian Boyce , , , America , , , , - , Karen Delancy , , , America , , , , - , Porsha Stubbs-Smith , , , America , , , , - , Amanda Missick , , , America , , , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , - , - , Claire Sugden , , , Europe , , , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Tara Rivers , , , America , , Incumbent , , -style= "background-color: #9BDDFF" , Rose Toki-Brown
Minister of Internal Affairs , , , Oceania , , Incumbent ,


See also

*Interior ministry *List of current interior ministers


Notes


External links


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