The Ministry of Home Affairs is part of the
Maldivian Executive branch responsible for maintaining
law and order
In modern politics, law and order is the approach focusing on harsher enforcement and penalties as ways to reduce crime. Penalties for perpetrators of disorder may include longer terms of imprisonment, mandatory sentencing, three-strikes laws a ...
in the Maldives at the national level. It was introduced in 1965 after the
Maldivian independence under president
Ibrahim Nasir
Ibrahim Nasir Rannabandeyri Kilegefan ( dv, އިބްރާހިމް ނާޞިރު ރަންނަބަނޑޭރި ކިލޭގެފާނު), KCMG, NGIV (''Nishan Ghaazeege 'Izzatheri Veriya'', dv, ނިޝާން ޣާޒީގެ ޢިއްޒަތްތެރި ވެރ ...
, the second president of Maldives.
Agencies
Maldives police service
Maldives Police Service
The Maldives Police Service is the civilian national police force of the Republic of Maldives. It is responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout Maldives. The o ...
was first introduced to Maldives under a law established on 29 March 1993 under president
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (; dv, މައުމޫން ޢަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް; born 29 December 1937) is a Maldivian politician and an Islamic scholar who served as the President of Maldives from 1978 to 2008. After serving as Minister of Trans ...
. The military was incharge to keep law and order before the establishment of the police department. The first police was introduced almost 70 years ago by
Muhammad Shamsuddeen III
Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen Iskander III, , (Dhivehi: ސުލްޠާން މުޙައްމަދު ޝަމްސުއްދީން; 20 October 1879 – 12 March 1935), son of Ibrahim Nooraddeen and Kakaage Don Goma, was the Sultan of the Maldives first from 7 ...
Maldives correctional service
Maldives correctional service was founded on 31 December 2013 signed into law by president
Abdulla Yameen
Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom ( dv, ޢަބްދުﷲ ޔާމީން ޢަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް; born 21 May 1959) is a Maldivian politician who was President of the Maldives from 2013 to 2018. He left office on 17 November 2018 following his ...
. It is supposed to maintain the jail facilities and make the prisons a safer place for all inmates. It has been part of controversies that they don't give equal treatment for all inmates, though they have denied these claims.
Ministers
See also
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Ministry of Defense (Maldives)
The Ministry of Defence is the Maldivian government agency responsible for protecting the independence and the integrity of the Maldivian citizenry.
The Maldivian Constitution says:
The primary object of the Military Service is to defend and pro ...
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Ministry of Tourism (Maldives)
The Ministry of Tourism is part of the Cabinet of the Maldives, Maldivian Executive branch responsible to develop the Tourism in the Maldives, Maldivian tourism industry. The tourism ministry monitors the Tourism in the Maldives, tourism sector an ...
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Ministry of Education (Maldives)
The Ministry of Education is the Maldivian government sector responsible for education and providing public schools with funding necessary for the education institution.
The Ministry Of Education directs the formulation and implementation of ...
References
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Politics of the Maldives
Political organisations based in the Maldives
1965 establishments in the Maldives