interior ministry
Internal affairs department
An interior ministry is the government department responsible for domestic affairs—typically including police, national security, immigration, and civil administration.
In most countries, the interior minister oversees law enforcement and internal order: The interior ministry announced new border security measures.
The United States equivalent is the Department of Homeland Security, though some functions fall under the Department of the Interior.
- visa processingAdministering travel authorization requests
- identity cardsOfficial proof of personhood
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- government officeOfficial administrative department
- disaster reliefAssistance following catastrophic events
civil defense · emergency services · police · border patrol · passport control · registry office · bureaucracy · counterterrorism · intelligence · crisis management · public records · background checks · fire brigade · security forces · national security · cabinet · immigration policy · governance
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- German PoliticsBundesrat, CSU, Nazi Party, Greens, federal republic
- East GermanyStasi, GDR, DDR, Berlin Wall, East Germany
- Egyptian GovernmentMubarak, Sadat, Nasser, ministries, presidency
- German governmentBundestag, Bundesrat, executive, legislative, judicial
- Iranian GovernmentSupreme Leader, Ayatollah, judiciary, legislature, executive branch
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Diplomatic relations government branch
State Department · Foreign Office · diplomatic service · foreign service · diplomatic corps
interior ministrydefense ministry
Military oversight agency
ministry of defense · war ministry · Department of Defense · armed forces · military
interior ministrytreasury department
Government body managing public funds
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