Interior minister

An interior minister or home minister (also known as minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for the state's internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency management, supervision of regional and local governments, conduct of elections, public administration and immigration (including passport issuance) matters. This position is head of a department that is often called an interior ministry, a ministry of internal affairs, the Home Office or a ministry of home affairs. In some jurisdictions, there is no department called an "interior ministry", but the relevant responsibilities are allocated to other departments.