Back Innenminister ALS وزير الداخلية Arabic Innenminister German Ministro pri internaj aferoj Esperanto Siseminister Estonian Sisäministeri Finnish Ministre de l'Intérieur French गृह मंत्री Hindi 内務大臣 Japanese Wezîrê karên navxweyî Kurdish
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency management, supervision of regional and local governments, conduct of elections, public administration and immigration (including passport issuance) matters. This position is head of a department that is often called an interior ministry, a ministry of internal affairs or a ministry of home affairs. In some jurisdictions, there is no department called an "interior ministry", but the relevant responsibilities are allocated to other departments.