The Department of Home Affairs ( gv, Rheynn Cooishyn Sthie) ensures the safety, protection and security of the

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. The Department is responsible for the

Isle of Man Constabulary The Isle of Man Constabulary ( gv, Meoiryn-Shee Ellan Vannin) is the national police service of the Isle of Man, an island of 85,000 inhabitants, situated approximately equidistant from Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England. Structures a ...

, the

Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service The Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service ( gv, Shirveish Mooghey as Savail Ellan Vannin) is the fire brigade of the Isle of Man Government, providing fire and rescue cover throughout the Isle of Man, an independent Crown dependency located in the ...

, the

Prison A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

and Probation Service, emergency planning and

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 ...

. The current Minister for Justice and Home Affairs is

Jane Poole-Wilson Jane Pearl Poole-Wilson, MHK (née Kissack) is a Manx politician and solicitor. She was elected to the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man (the upper branch of Tynwald) in 2017 to fill a casual vacancy and was re-elected for a full five-year t ...

MHK.

Function

*Prison and Probation Service *Emergency Planning and Civil Defence *Emergency Services Joint Control Room

Agencies reporting to the Department of Home Affairs

*Communications Commission

Current and previous Ministers and Chairs

Minister for Home Affairs (Minister for Justice and Home Affairs with effect from 1 December 2020)

*Hon.

MHK, from October 2021 *Hon.

Graham Cregeen Graham Cregeen is a Manx politician who served as Member of the House of Keys for Arbory, Castletown & Malew in the Isle of Man until 2021. He was Minister for Justice and Home Affairs from 2020 to 2021. Political career In 2006 he was electe ...

MHK, 3 March 2020 – October 2021 *Hon.

David Ashford David John Ashford is an independent politician in the Isle of Man. He was born in 1977 in Douglas. He has served as a Member of the House of Keys (MHK) for the Douglas North constituency since 2016. Political career Previously he had been a ...

MHK, 21 February 2020 – 2 March 2020 *Hon. Bill Malarkey MHK, 7 October 2016 – 20 February 2020 *Hon.

John Shimmin John Shimmin (born 1 July 1960) is a former Member of the House of Keys for Douglas West. Early life Shimmin was born in Douglas in 1960 and educated at St Ninian's High School and the Worcester College of Higher Education. He was then a teac ...

MHK, 28 September 2016 – 6 October 2016 *Hon.

Juan Watterson Juan Paul Watterson FCA CMgr FCMI FRSA SHK (born 1980) is a Manx politician, who is Speaker of the House of Keys, and a member for Rushen, in the Isle of Man. Early life Born in 1980 to John and Alison Watterson, he was educated at Rushen ...

MHK, 13 September 2012 – 27 September 2016 *Hon.

MHK, 3 September 2012 - 12 September 2012 *Hon.

MHK, 14 October 2011 - 2 September 2012 *Hon.

Adrian Earnshaw Adrian John Earnshaw MHK (born 19 January 1950) is a Manx politician, who was the Minister of Home Affairs in the Isle of Man Government and a Member of the House of Keys for Onchan. Early life and career Born on 19 January 1950, he was educate ...

MHK, 11 August 2008 - 13 October 2011 *Hon.

Martyn Quayle George Martyn Quayle, MHK (6 February 1959 – 26 August 2016) was a Manx politician who previously held the position of Minister of Tourism and Leisure in the Isle of Man Government and represented Middle in the House of Keys. He served as ...

MHK, 15 December 2006 - 10 August 2008 *Hon.

MHK, 1 August 2005 - 14 December 2006 *Hon.

Phil Braidwood Robert Philip Braidwood BEng (born 11 July 1949) is a Manx politician, who was formerly a Member of the Legislative Council; he was previously an MHK for Douglas East after winning the Douglas East by-election in 1995 and he continued to top t ...

MHK, 6 December 2001 - 31 July 2005 *Hon.

Allan Bell Allan Robert Bell (born 20 June 1947) is a Manx politician who was the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, having been elected to that position on 11 October 2011. He was an Independent Member of the House of Keys for Ramsey from 1984 to Sept ...

MHK, 6 December 1996 - 5 December 2001 *Hon.

Richard Corkill Richard Kenneth Corkill (born 1951) was the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, December 2001 to December 2004 and an elected member of the House of Keys from 1991 to 2006. He was born in Douglas, Isle of Man. He was elected by Tynwald with 21 vo ...

MHK, 13 March 1995 - 5 December 1996 *Hon.

Arnold Callin Alured Arnold Callin (25 August 1924 – 29 June 2015) was a Manx politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man. He was born in August 1924 and educated at Peel Clothworkers' School. He served in the Royal Navy d ...

MLC, 18 December 1991 - 12 March 1995 *Hon.

Edmund Lowey Edmund Lowey MLC (born 12 February 1938) is a Manx politician, who is a Member of the Legislative Council in the Isle of Man. Early life Edmund was born in 1938 in Ballasalla and was educated at Castle Rushen and then worked for the Ronalds ...

MLC, 16 December 1986 - 17 December 1991

Chair of the Home Affairs Board

Noel Cringle Noel Quayle Cringle Order of the British Empire, OBE (16 December 1937 – 28 August 2021) was President of Tynwald, the legislature of the Isle of Man, from 2000 to 2011. Cringle was born and raised in Ballabeg, educated at Castle Rushen High ...

, 1982-1986 *

Ian Anderson Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist, acoustic guitarist and leader of the British rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist w ...

, 1981-1982

References

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