The Ministry of the Interior of the
Republic of Croatia ( hr, Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova Republike Hrvatske or MUP RH) is the
ministry in the
Government of Croatia which is in charge of state security among other roles.
Croatian Police is a public service of the Ministry of the Interior.
List of ministers
(9)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(*) Ministers of Internal Affairs who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.
Notes
:a. Karamarko was appointed in the HDZ-dominated
Sanader cabinet as a non-party minister. In 2009 he continued to serve in the
Kosor cabinet and formally joined HDZ in September 2011.
Role
The Ministry of the Interior deals with
administrative and other tasks related to the following:
* policing and criminal police activities that involve protection of life and personal security of people and property and the prevention and detection of
crime
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;
* tracing and capturing of perpetrators of criminal offences and their bringing before the competent authorities;
* maintaining of
public order
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and the protection of particular persons, citizens, facilities and premises;
* conducting of technical crime investigations and expert analysis;
* road
traffic safety;
*
state border
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protection;
* movement and stay of
aliens and their admission;
*
travel document
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s for crossing the state border;
* safeguarding at public gatherings;
*
nationality
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affairs;
* issuing of
identity cards and the registration of residence and sojourn;
* issuing of
driving licence
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s and the registration of
motor vehicle
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The ...
s;
* procurement, keeping and carrying of
weapon
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s and
ammunition
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;
* explosive devices and substances;
* protection of the constitutional order;
*
special police force tasks and the supervision over security agencies.
The Ministry is also responsible for the following: keeping the records and statistics concerning the internal affairs, the internal affairs information system and the education and training of the Ministry's officers.
Organization
* Minister's Cabinet (''Kabinet ministra'')
* General Police Directorate (''Ravnateljstvo policije'')
* Material and Financial Affairs Directorate (''Uprava za materijalno financijske poslove'')
* Directorate for Development, Equipment and Support (''Uprava za razvoj, opremanje i potporu'')
* Legal Affairs and Human Resources Directorate (''Uprava za pravne poslove i ljudske potencijale'')
* Administrative and Inspection Affairs Directorate (''Uprava za upravne i inspekcijske poslove'')
* European Integration and International Affairs Directorate (''Uprava za europske integracije i međunarodne odnose'')
* Special Security Affairs Directorate (''Uprava za posebne poslove sigurnosti'')
General Police Directorate
The General Police Directorate is in charge of the national police. There are twenty geographical commands, and the national body is organised as follows:
;Police Directorate
*Public Order Department
*Command of Intervention Police
*Department for Road Traffic Safety
*Bomb Disposal Department
;Criminal Police Directorate
*General Crime Department
*Anti-terrorism and War Crime Department
*Organised Crime Department
*Economic Crime and Corruption Department
*Drugs Department
*Special Criminal Investigations Department
*Criminal Intelligence Analysis Department
*Protection Unit
*International Police Co-operation Department
;Border Police Directorate
*Neighbouring Countries Department
*State Border Protection Department
*Maritime and Airport Police Department
*Illegal Migration Department
*Centre for Training of Dog Handlers and Dog Dressure
*Reception Centre for Foreigners
*Mobile Unit for Static Border Control
The following units exists at the same level:
*Operational Police Communication Centre
*Forensic Centre
*Police Academy
References
External links
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Interior
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* ''Interior'' (play), 1895 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck
* ''The Interior'' (novel), by Lisa See
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Law enforcement in Croatia
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