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 interior ministry is entrusted with the functions of ensuring national security, immigration issues and protecting places of detention.
Structurally, an interior ministry is part of the highest bodies of 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 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)
Federal Ministry of Interior (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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)
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)