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The Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic () is a government
ministry
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Government
* Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
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tasked with responsibilities in
public
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and
internal
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*Internality as a concept in behavioural economics
*Neijia, internal styles of Chinese martial arts
*Neigong or "internal skills", a type of exercise in meditation associated with Daoism
*''Internal (album)'' by Safia, 2016
...
security, citizenship, identity cards and social security numbers, as well as travel, border, immigration control and
civil service
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among others. The ministry has under its jurisdiction
police
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,
Office for Foreign Relations and Information
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(ÚZSI), fire department and
Czech Post
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
* Czech, ...
.
The current Minister of the Interior is
Vít Rakušan
Vít Rakušan (born 16 June 1978) is a Czech pedagogue and politician who has served as the leader of the Mayors and Independents (STAN) political party since 2019 and its 1st vice-chairman from 2016 to 2019. He has been a member of the Chamber o ...
, in office since 17 December 2021.
Responsibilities
* internal security
* citizenship, identity cards, social security numbers
* public archives and collections
* firearms regulation
* fire services
* travel, border, immigration control
See also
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Law enforcement in the Czech Republic Law enforcement in the Czech Republic is divided between several agencies. The widest scope of authority is vested with the Police of the Czech Republic, which is mainly limited as regards fields that fall within the authority of other agencies.
S ...
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Police of the Czech Republic
The Police of the Czech Republic ( cs, Policie České republiky) is the national law enforcement agency of the Czech Republic. It was established on 15 July 1991 under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior. The agency is tasked with p ...
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Crime in the Czech Republic
Crime in the Czech Republic is combated by the Czech Police and other agencies.
Crime by type Murder
In 2012, the Czech Republic had a murder rate of 1.0 per 100,000 population. There were a total of 105 murders in the Czech Republic in 201 ...
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Human trafficking in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a source, transit, and destination country for people subjected to human trafficking, both women in forced prostitution, and men and women working in forced labor. Women from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Russia, Ro ...
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Gun politics in the Czech Republic
Gun laws in the Czech Republic in many respects differ from those in other European Union member states ''(see Gun laws in the European Union)''. The "''right to acquire, keep and bear firearms''" is explicitly recognized in the first Article ...
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
Interior
Ministries established in 1969
1969 establishments in Czechoslovakia
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