Interior ministry

"Home Affairs" redirects here. For other uses, see Home Affairs (disambiguation).

An interior ministry (sometimes ministry of home affairs) is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs. In some countries, matters relating to the maintenance of law and order and the administration of justice are the responsibility of a separate justice ministry.

In countries with a federal constitution, an interior minister will often be found at both the federal and state levels. Similarly, autonomous entities and dependent territories may also have interior ministers.

In certain jurisdictions, similarly named government departments may have other responsibilities. In the United States, the Department of the Interior has radically different functions—primarily the management and conservation of land owned by the federal government, and programs and policies dealing with indigenous peoples of the U.S. The functions that fall under what most other countries call an "interior ministry" are under other government departments—mostly the Department of Homeland Security, with some others falling under the Department of Justice.

In Hong Kong, the Secretary for Home Affairs is responsible for matters relating to communities, culture, sports and local governance. Policing and related matters are the responsibilities of the Secretary for Security.

In Japan, law enforcement is decentralised with the National Public Safety Commission coordinating between the National Police Agency and the government through its Chairman who is a cabinet member. National security and immigration matters fall under the Ministry of Justice, whilst the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications handles the administrative system, local government and communication matters.

List of interior ministries

Country	Ministry	Head
Afghanistan	Ministry of Interior	Minister of Interior
Albania	Ministry of Interior Affairs	Minister of Interior
Argentina	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of Interior
Australia		Minister for Home Affairs
Austria	Federal Ministry for the Interior	Federal Minister for the Interior
Azerbaijan	Ministry of Internal Affairs	Minister of Internal Affairs
Bahamas	Ministry of National Security Ministry of Immigration	Minister of National Security Minister of Immigration
Bahrain	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of Interior
Bangladesh	Ministry of Home Affairs	Minister of Home Affairs
Belgium	FPS Interior Belgium	Federal Minister of the Interior
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ministry of Internal Affiars	Minister of Internal Affairs
Cambodia	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior
Canada	Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness	Minister of Public Safety
People's Republic of China	Ministry of Public Security Ministry of Supervision	Minister of Public Security Minister of Supervision
Chile	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior
Croatia	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior
Cyprus	Ministry of Interior	Minister of Interior
Czech Republic	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior
Denmark	Ministry for the Interior and Health	Minister for the Interior and Health
Djibouti		Minister of Interior and Decentralization
Dominican Republic	Ministry of Interior and Police	Minister of Interior and Police
Egypt	Ministry of Interior	Minister of Interior
Estonia	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior
European Union	DG Home Affairs	Commissioner for Home Affairs
Finland	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior
France	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories
Georgia	Ministry of Internal Affairs	Minister of Internal Affairs
Germany Bavaria	Federal Ministry of the Interior Bavarian Ministry of the Interior	Federal Minister of the Interior Bavarian Minister of the Interior
Greece		Minister for the Interior and Public Order
Hong Kong		Secretary for Security
Hungary	Ministry of Interior	Minister of the Interior
Iceland	Ministry of The Interior	Minister of the Interior
India	Ministry of Home Affairs	Union Minister of Home Affairs
Indonesia	Ministry of Home Affairs	Minister of Home Affairs In Indonesia, Police is not under the MHA. Police is a separate institution under the President of Indonesia
Iran	Ministry of Interior	Minister of Interior
Israel	Ministry of Interior Ministry of Justice	Minister of Interior Minister of Justice
Iraq	Ministry of Interior	Minister of Interior
Isle of Man	Department of Home Affairs	Minister of Home Affairs
Italy	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior
Japan	National Public Safety Commission Ministry of Justice	Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister of Justice
Kenya	Ministry for Internal Security and Provincial Administration	Minister for Internal Security and Provincial Administration
Kosovo	Ministry of Interior	Minister of Interior
Lebanon	Ministry of Interior and Municipalities	Minister of Interior and Municipalities
Macau	Secretariat for Security	Secretary for Security
Macedonia	Ministry of Interior Affairs	Minister of Interior
Malaysia	Ministry of Home Affairs	Minister of Home Affairs
Mauritania	Ministry of the Interior
Mauritius	Ministry of Home Affairs	Prime Minister's Office
Mexico	Secretariat of the Interior	Secretary of the Interior
Moldova	Ministry of Internal Affairs	Minister of Internal Affairs
Mongolia	Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs	Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs
Montenegro	Ministry of Interior Affairs and Public Administration	Minister of Internal Affairs and Public Administration
Morocco	Minister of Interior	Minister of Interior
Mozambique	Interior Ministry	Minister of Interior
Netherlands	Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
New Zealand	Department of Internal Affairs	Minister of Internal Affairs
Pakistan	Ministry of Interior	Interior Minister
Peru	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior
Philippines	Department of the Interior and Local Government	Interior Secretary or DILG Secretary
Poland	Ministry of Interior and Administration of the Republic of Poland
Portugal	Ministry of Internal Administration	Minister of Internal Administration
Romania	Ministry of Administration and Interior	Minister of Administration and Interior
Russia	Ministry of Internal Affairs	Minister of Internal Affair
Saudi Arabia	Ministry of Interior	Minister of Interior
Senegal		Minister of the Interior
Serbia	Ministry of Internal Affiars	Minister of Internal Affairs
Slovenia	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Singapore	Ministry of Home Affairs	Minister for Home Affairs
Slovakia		Minister of Interior
South Africa	Department of Home Affairs	Minister of Home Affairs
South Korea	Ministry of Public Administration and Security (South Korea)	Minister of Public Administration and Security
Soviet Union	Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)
Spain	Ministry of the Interior (Spain)	Minister of Interior
Sri Lanka	Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Administration	Minister of Home Affairs and Public Administration
Sudan	Ministry of Interior Affairs	Minister of the Interior
Switzerland	Federal Department of Home Affairs	Member of the Swiss Federal Council
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior
Thailand	Ministry of Interior	Minister of the Interior
Tunisia	Ministry of the Interior
Turkey	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior
United Kingdom	Home Office Ministry of Justice Attorney General's Office	Home Secretary Secretary of State for Justice Attorney General for England and Wales
United States	Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice	Secretary of Homeland Security Attorney General
Uruguay	Ministry of Interior	Minister of the Interior
Venezuela		Minister of Interior and Justice
Vietnam	Ministry of Home Affairs	Minister of Home Affairs
Zimbabwe	Ministry of Home Affairs	Minister of Home Affairs

See also

• Department of Public Safety (United States)