Formed 1959 Founded 1959 | Number of employees 26,594 | |
Annual budget 5.00 billion (est) SGD (2015) Ministers responsible K Shanmugam, MinisterDesmond Lee, Senior Minister of StateAmrin Amin, Parliamentary Secretary Agency executives Leo Yip, Permanent SecretaryRaja Kumar s/o Thamby Rajah, Deputy Secretary (International)Goh Soon Poh, Deputy Secretary (Policy) | ||
The Ministry of Home Affairs (Abbreviation: MHA; Malay: Kementerian Ehwal Dalam Negeri; Chinese: 内政部; Tamil: உள்துறை அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for public safety, civil defence and immigration. It is also known as the Home Team. It is headed by the Minister for Home Affairs.
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History
The Ministry of Home Affairs was set up in 1959 when Singapore attained self-governance. Housed at the Empress Place Building, it remained there until 16 September 1963 when Singapore joined Malaysia and internal affairs became a federal responsibility.
After gaining independence on 9 August 1965, Home Affairs returned to its Empress Place address under the purview of the Ministry of Interior and Defence (MID). MID stayed there for several months before it was re-located to Pearl's Hill (former Lower Barracks of Police).
On 11 August 1970, the Ministry of Interior and Defence was separated into two ministries, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. MHA remained at Pearl's Hill until August 1977 when it moved to Phoenix Park at Tanglin Road.
MHA, together with Police Headquarters, moved to its new premises at New Phoenix Park at 28 Irrawaddy Road on 18 August 2001.
Departments
The Ministry of Home Affairs consists of the following seven departments: