The Ministry of Internal Administration ( pt, Ministério da Administração Interna or ''MAI''), is the
Portuguese government ministry
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responsible for the
public security, the
civil defense
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, the
electoral administration, the
road traffic safety and the
immigration and
refugee
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History
The ministry was created in 1736 by
King John V of Portugal as the Secretariat of State for the Interior Affairs of the Kingdom (''Secretaria de Estado dos Negócios Interiores do Reino''), later being known simply as the Ministry of the Kingdom (''Ministério do Reino'').
In 1910, after the establishment of the
Portuguese First Republic, the ministry was renamed Ministry of the Interior (''Ministério do Interior''). In 1974, after the
Carnation Revolution
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, it was again renamed, becoming the Ministry of Internal Administration.
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Interior
Interior may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''Interior'' (Degas) (also known as ''The Rape''), painting by Edgar Degas
* ''Interior'' (play), 1895 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck
* ''The Interior'' (novel), by Lisa See
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Portugal
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