The Ministry of the Interior of the

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( hr, Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova Republike Hrvatske or MUP RH) is the ministry in the

Government of Croatia The Government of Croatia ( hr, Vlada Hrvatske), formally the Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Vlada Republike Hrvatske), commonly abbreviated to Croatian Government ( hr, hrvatska Vlada), is the main executive branch of government ...

which is in charge of state security among other roles. Croatian Police is a public service of the Ministry of the Interior.

List of ministers

(9)
(2)
(1)
(1) (*) Ministers of Internal Affairs who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.

Notes

:a. Karamarko was appointed in the HDZ-dominated Sanader cabinet as a non-party minister. In 2009 he continued to serve in the Kosor cabinet and formally joined HDZ in September 2011.

Role

The Ministry of the Interior deals with administrative and other tasks related to the following: * policing and criminal police activities that involve protection of life and personal security of people and property and the prevention and detection of

crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in C ...

; * tracing and capturing of perpetrators of criminal offences and their bringing before the competent authorities; * maintaining of

public order In criminology, public-order crime is defined by Siegel (2004) as "crime which involves acts that interfere with the operations of society and the ability of people to function efficiently", i.e., it is behaviour that has been labelled criminal ...

and the protection of particular persons, citizens, facilities and premises; * conducting of technical crime investigations and expert analysis; * road

traffic safety Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures used to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured. Typical road users include pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, vehicle passengers, horse riders, and passengers of on-roa ...

; * state border protection; * movement and stay of

alien Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extrater ...

s and their admission; *

travel document A travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international entity pursuant to international agreements to enable individuals to clear border control measures. Travel documents usually assure other governments that the be ...

s for crossing the state border; * safeguarding at public gatherings; *

nationality Nationality is a legal identification of a person in international law, establishing the person as a subject, a ''national'', of a sovereign state. It affords the state jurisdiction over the person and affords the person the protection of t ...

affairs; * issuing of identity cards and the registration of residence and sojourn; * issuing of

driving licence A driver's license is a legal authorization, or the official document confirming such an authorization, for a specific individual to operate one or more types of motorized vehicles—such as motorcycles, cars, trucks, or buses—on a publi ...

s and the registration of

motor vehicle A motor vehicle, also known as motorized vehicle or automotive vehicle, is a self-propelled land vehicle, commonly wheeled, that does not operate on rails (such as trains or trams) and is used for the transportation of people or cargo. The ...

s; * procurement, keeping and carrying of

weapon A weapon, arm or armament is any implement or device that can be used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill. Weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as hunting, crime, law enforcement, s ...

s and

ammunition Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other we ...

; * explosive devices and substances; * protection of the constitutional order; * special police force tasks and the supervision over security agencies. The Ministry is also responsible for the following: keeping the records and statistics concerning the internal affairs, the internal affairs information system and the education and training of the Ministry's officers.

Organization

* Minister's Cabinet (''Kabinet ministra'') * General Police Directorate (''Ravnateljstvo policije'') * Material and Financial Affairs Directorate (''Uprava za materijalno financijske poslove'') * Directorate for Development, Equipment and Support (''Uprava za razvoj, opremanje i potporu'') * Legal Affairs and Human Resources Directorate (''Uprava za pravne poslove i ljudske potencijale'') * Administrative and Inspection Affairs Directorate (''Uprava za upravne i inspekcijske poslove'') * European Integration and International Affairs Directorate (''Uprava za europske integracije i međunarodne odnose'') * Special Security Affairs Directorate (''Uprava za posebne poslove sigurnosti'')

General Police Directorate

The General Police Directorate is in charge of the national police. There are twenty geographical commands, and the national body is organised as follows: ;Police Directorate *Public Order Department *Command of Intervention Police *Department for Road Traffic Safety *Bomb Disposal Department ;Criminal Police Directorate *General Crime Department *Anti-terrorism and War Crime Department *Organised Crime Department *Economic Crime and Corruption Department *Drugs Department *Special Criminal Investigations Department *Criminal Intelligence Analysis Department *Protection Unit *International Police Co-operation Department ;Border Police Directorate *Neighbouring Countries Department *State Border Protection Department *Maritime and Airport Police Department *Illegal Migration Department *Centre for Training of Dog Handlers and Dog Dressure *Reception Centre for Foreigners *Mobile Unit for Static Border Control The following units exists at the same level: *Operational Police Communication Centre *Forensic Centre *Police Academy

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry Of The Interior (Croatia) Interior

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