Formed 31 December 1874 Founded 31 December 1874 | Type Ministry Annual budget 8,096,250.90 €, 2009 | |
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Minister responsible Mr. Juan Ignacio Zoido, Minister of the Interior Child agencies Secretaría de Estado de SeguridadDirección General de la Policía y de la Guardia CivilDirección General de Instituciones Penitenciarias Profiles | ||
The Ministry of the Interior of Spain (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior) which historically could be known as Ministerio de la Gobernación, Ministerio del Orden Público, Ministerio del Interior y la Gobernación or Ministerio del Interior y Justicia is the executive branch responsible for policing, national security, immigration matters, prisons and road traffic safety.
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Responsibilities
The Ministry of the Interior is a department of the General Administration responsible for:
- Preparing and carrying out the Government policy in relation with the General Administration of Public Safety.
- Promoting the conditions for the exercise of fundamental rights, especially in relation to freedom and public safety, as established in the Spanish Constitution and the laws that explain them.
- Ordering, managing and coordinating the Security Forces of the State.
- Controlling companies and private security staff.
- Exercising the competencies that, in police field, are given by the current legislation in immigration affairs.
- The asylum system, refuge, stateless regime and displaced persons protection.
- Managing and regulating the penitentiary institutions.
- Doing the necessary actions for carrying out electoral processes.
- Exercising the competencies legally given about public safety.
- General management of the traffic police and road safety.
The Minister of the Interior, as head of the department, is responsible for:
- Planning, managing and inspecting all the servicies of the ministry.
- Superior commanding of the Security Forces of the State.
- Carrying out the duties assigned to him by other laws or special regulations.
List of Ministers of the Interior of Spain
The holders of the office of Minister of the Interior of Spain, from the reign of Ferdinand VII to the present time:
(1) Minister of the Territory
(2) Minister of Public Order
(3) Minister of the Interior
(4) Minister of the Interior and the Territory
(5) Minister of Justice and the Interior
(6) Minister of the Territory of the Peninsula
(7) Between 1823 and 1835, neither a Ministry of the Interior nor Territory existed.