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An '''interior ministry''' or '''ministry of the interior''' (also called '''ministry of home affairs''' or '''ministry of internal affairs''') is a [[Ministry (government department)|government department]] that is responsible for [[domestic policy]], [[public security]] and [[law enforcement]].

In some states, the interior ministry is entrusted with the functions of ensuring [[national security]], [[immigration]] issues and protecting places of [[Detention (imprisonment)|detention]].

Structurally, an interior ministry is part of the highest bodies of [[Executive (government)|executive]] power and reports directly to the [[head of government]]. In states with a federal structure, the ministry often has branches at the level of [[Federated state|states]] or [[federal subjects]].

==Lists of current interior ministries==
===Named "ministry"===
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Adygea)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior Affairs (Afghanistan)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Albania)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Altai Republic)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Argentina)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Austria)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Azerbaijan)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Bahrain)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)]]
* [[Ministry of Public Administration]] (Bangladesh)
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Bashkortostan)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Belarus)]]
* Ministry of Home Affairs (Bermuda)
* [[Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (Bhutan)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Federal Ministry of Interior (Bosnia and Herzegovina)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Republika Srpska)|Ministry of Interior of Republika Srpska]] (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* [[Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Brazil)]]
* [[Ministry of Integration and Regional Development]] (Brazil)
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Brunei)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Bulgaria)]]
* [[Ministry of Public Security of Burundi]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Buryatia)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Cambodia)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Chechnya)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Chile)]]
* [[Ministry of Civil Affairs]] (China)
* [[Ministry of Public Security (China)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Chuvashia)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Colombia)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior and Security (Democratic Republic of the Congo)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Crimea)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Croatia)]]
* [[Ministry of Public Administration (Croatia)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Cuba)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Cyprus)|Minister of Interior (Cyprus)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Czech Republic)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Dagestan)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Denmark)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (El Salvador)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Estonia)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Egypt)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Finland)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (France)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia]]
* [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Ghana)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Greece)]]
* [[Ministry of Citizen Protection (Greece)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Guatemala)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior and Territorial Communities (Haiti)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Hungary)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Indonesia)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ingushetia)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Iran)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Iraq)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Israel)]]
* [[Ministry of Public Security (Israel)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Italy)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications]] (Japan)
* [[Ministry of Interior (Jordan)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Kabardino-Balkaria)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Kalmykia)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Karachay-Cherkessia)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Khakassia)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Komi Republic)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior and Safety (South Korea)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Kuwait)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Kyrgyzstan)]]
* [[Ministry of Public Security (Laos)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Libya)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Lithuania)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysia)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Maldives)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Mari El)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior and Decentralization (Mauritania)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Moldova)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Montenegro)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Mordovia)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations]] (Netherlands)
* [[Ministry of Justice and Security]] (Netherlands)
* [[Ministry of Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization (Niger)]]
* [[Federal Ministry of Interior (Nigeria)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (North Macedonia)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (North Ossetia–Alania)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Oman)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Peru)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior and Administration (Poland)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Administration (Portugal)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Democratization|Ministry of Interior, Federal Affairs and Democratization (Puntland)]]
* [[Ministry of Public Security (Quebec)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Republic of Karelia)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Solomon Islands)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Romania)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Sakha Republic)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Saudi Arabia)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)]]
* [[Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government]] (Serbia)
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Slovakia)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Slovenia)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs (Somalia)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (South Sudan)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs]] (Sri Lanka)
* [[Ministry of Interior (Syria)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tajikistan)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Tanzania)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tatarstan)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Thailand)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Tunisia)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Turkey)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Turkmenistan)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tuva)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Udmurtia)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uganda)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uzbekistan)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace]] (Venezuela)
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Vietnam)]]
* [[Ministry of Public Security (Vietnam)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Zambia)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Zimbabwe)]]
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===Named "department"===
* [[Department of Home Affairs (Australia)]]
* [[Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration]] ([[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]])
* [[Department of Home Affairs (Isle of Man)]]
* [[Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)]]
* [[Department of the Interior and Local Government]] ([[Philippines]])
* [[Department of Home Affairs (South Africa)]]
* [[Department of Police (South Africa)]]
* [[Department of National Security (Spain)]]
* [[Federal Department of Home Affairs]] ([[Switzerland]])
* [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] (United States)
* [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] (United States)

===Other names===
* [[Federal Public Service Interior]] (Belgium)
* [[Public Safety Canada]]
* [[Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs]] (European Union)
* [[Security Bureau (Hong Kong)|Security Bureau]] (Hong Kong)
* [[Home and Youth Affairs Bureau]] (Hong Kong)
* [[Secretariat of the Interior]] (Mexico)
* [[Secretariat of State for Security (Spain)|Secretariat of State for Security]] (Spain)
* [[Home Office]] (United Kingdom)

==Historical==
===Named "ministry"===
* [[Ministry of the Interior and Justice (Colombia)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Czechoslovakia)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior and Health (Denmark)]]
* [[Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Hawaii)]]
* [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan)]]
* [[Ministry of Internal Security (Malaysia)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Ottoman Empire)]]
* [[Ministry of Interior (Poland)]]
* [[Ministry of Public Security (Poland)]]
* [[Ministry of Police of the Russian Empire]]
* [[Ministry of Interior and Defence]] (Singapore)
* [[Ministry of Public Safety and Security (South Korea)|Ministry of Public Safety and Security]] (South Korea)
* [[Ministry of Security and Public Administration]] (South Korea)
* [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)]]
* [[Ministry of the Interior (Yugoslavia)]]

===Named "department"===
* [[Department of Home Affairs (1901–1916)]] (Australia)
* [[Department of Home Affairs (1928–1932)]] (Australia)
* [[Department of Home Affairs (1977–1980)]] (Australia)
* [[Department of Home Affairs and Environment]] (Australia)
* [[Department of Home and Territories]] (Australia)
* [[Department of Home Security]] (Australia)
* [[Department of the Interior (1932–1939)]] (Australia)
* [[Department of the Interior (1939–1972)]] (Australia)

==See also==
* [[Home Affairs (disambiguation)]]
* [[Interior minister]]

{{Types of government ministers}}

{{Set index article}}

[[Category:Internal affairs ministries| ]]
[[Category:Lists of government ministries|Internal Affairs]]

Interior ministry - Revision history

Username123 at 14:27, 27 April 2026