The Ministry of Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization of the

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is the government authority responsible for policing, internal security and the ongoing process of

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of authority to the

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, and

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. The National Police and National Guard of Niger report to the Interior Minister. Unlike the

Interior ministry An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the ...

in some nations, courts, Justice, and prosecution are handled by the Ministry of Justice of Niger. The Civil Defense Directorate, which coordinates disaster, fire, and civil defense responses nationwide reports to the Ministry of the Interior. The Ministry of the Interior is headed by the ''Minister of State for the Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization'', a political appointment who sits in the Council of Ministers of Niger, reporting directly to the

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Interior

Interior and border control, including some policing duties, are carried out through the General Directorate of Territorial Administration (''Direction Générale de l’Administration Territoriale''), which consists of the eight Regional Governorates (now administrative posts, previously the appointed governors of the eight regions) (see

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), the Directorate of General Affairs and Transborder Administrative Cooperation (''Direction des Affaires Générales et de la Coopération Administrative Transfront''), and the Directorate of Decentralization (''Direction de la décentralisation et du contentieux territorial'').

Public safety

"Public Safety" was appended to the title in 2004 when the National Police and National Guard of Niger (then known as FNIS) were transfer to the Interior Ministry from the Defense Ministry of Niger.

Decentralization

''Decentralization'' was appended to the title by the 1999 constitution. The Minister of Interior in previous governments was the head of local government institutions. Following the move to decentralize government powers in the 1990s, most of the duties of the local appointed

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—who was chosen and answered to the Ministry—was taken over by the

, as well as the Departments and Regions. The Ministry of Interior still appoints prefects, but they play a much more limited role, as local representatives of national government. In some largely uninhabited areas, especially those in the

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, the Interior Ministry still appoints heads of ''Postes Administratif'' (Administrative Posts). Previously drawn from the

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they now are officers of the National Guard of Niger.

Previous heads of Ministry

Below is a partial list of former Interior Ministry chiefs (Minister of the Interior of Niger): *

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1 March 2007—18 February 2010 * Mounkaïla Mody 30 December 2004—1 March 2007 *

9 November 2002—20 December 2004 * Laoualy Amadou 17 September 2001—9 November 2002 *

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5 January 2000—17 December 2001 * Lieutenant-colonel Boureïma Moumouni 16 April 1999—5 January 2000. * Military-council 9 April 1999—16 April 1999 *

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1 December 1997—9 April 1999 * Idi Ango Omar 23 August 1996—1 December 1997. * Military-council 27 January 1996—23 August 1996 *

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1990—1991 *

1979—1981.AfDevInfo Database
Organisation Record, Ministry of Interior & Decentralisation. Retrieved 2009-02-18

References

AfDevInfo Database
Organisation Record, Ministry of Interior & Decentralisation. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
List of governments of Niger
January 2000 - April 2007, izf.net/AFP. {{in lang, fr Retrieved 2009-02-16.

Presidency of The Republic of Niger, Retrieved 2009-02-19.

Presidency of The Republic of Niger, Retrieved 2009-02-19. Government of Niger Decentralization

Interior

Public safety

Decentralization

Previous heads of Ministry

See also

References