Minister of Home Affairs

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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. 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.

Incumbent interior ministers

Country	Ministry	Head	Incumbent
Australia		Minister for Home Affairs	Bob Debus
Belgium	FPS Interior Belgium
Canada		Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Prepardedness	Stockwell Day
People's Republic of China	Ministry of Supervision
Chile	Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior	Edmundo Yoma
Croatia	Ministry of the Interior		Berislav Roncevic
Cyprus	Ministry of Interior	Minister of Interior	Neoklis Sylikiotis
Denmark	Ministry of Welfare	Minister of Welfare and Equal Opportunities	Karen Jespersen
Djibouti		Minister of Interior and Decentralization	Yacin Elmi Bouh
Dominican Republic		Secretary of Interior and Police	Franklin Almeyda Rancier
Egypt		Minister of Interior	Habib Ibrahim El Adly
France		Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories	Michèle Alliot-Marie
Germany	Federal Ministry of Justice	Federal Minister of the Interior	Wolfgang Schäuble
Hong Kong		Secretary for Security Secretary for Home Affairs	Ambrose Lee
India	Ministry of Home Affairs	Union Minister of Home Affairs	Shivraj Patil
Iran	Ministry of Interior	Minister of Interior	Ali Kordan
Israel	Ministry of Interior	Minister of Interior	Meir Sheetrit
Iraq	Ministry of Interior	Minister of Interior	Jawad Bulani
Isle of Man	Department of Home Affairs	Minister of Home Affairs	Martyn Quayle
Italy		Minister of the Interior	Roberto Maroni
Japan	Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications	Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications	Kunio Hatoyama
Lebanon	Ministry of Interior and Municipalities		Ziad Baroud
Mexico	Secretariat of the Interior	Secretary of the Interior	Juan Camilo Mouriño
Netherlands	Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations		Guusje ter Horst
New Zealand	New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs
Pakistan		Minister of Interior	Rehman Malik
Poland	Ministry of Interior and Administration of the Republic of Poland
Portugal		Minister of Internal Administration	Rui Pereira
Romania	Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform	Minister of Interior and Administrative Reform	Christian David
Russia	Ministry of Internal Affairs	Minister of Internal Affair	Rashid Nurgaliyev
Serbia	Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs		Ivica Dačić
Singapore		Minister for Home Affairs	Wong Kan Seng
Slovakia		Minister of Interior	Robert Kalinak
South Africa	South African Department of Home Affairs	Minister of Home Affairs	Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
South Korea		Minister of Public Administration and Security	Won Sei-Hoon
Spain		Minister of Interior	Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
Sri Lanka		Minister of Home Affairs	Karu Jayasuriya
Switzerland	Federal Department of Home Affairs	Member of the Swiss Federal Council	Pascal Couchepin
Taiwan		Minister of the Interior	Liao Liao-yi
Turkey		Minister of the Interior	Beşir Atalay
United Kingdom		Home Secretary	Jacqui Smith
United States	Departmenty of Homeland Security Department of the Interior	Secretary of Homeland Security Secretary of the Interior	Michael Chertoff Dirk Kempthorne
Venezuela		Minister of Interior and Justice	Ramón Rodríguez Chacín