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The general secretariat, headed by the secretary general, is responsible for supporting the other departments of the ministry, either via administrative missions (budget, human resources, real estate, legal advice, etc.), or via cross-cutting missions and overseeing public administrative establishments (EPA).  
The general secretariat, headed by the secretary general, is responsible for supporting the other departments of the ministry, either via administrative missions (budget, human resources, real estate, legal advice, etc.), or via cross-cutting missions and overseeing public administrative establishments (EPA).  


It is made up of 33 departments and services:
It is made up of departments and services:


*State direction of Modernization and Territorial Action;
*State direction of Modernization and Territorial Action;
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*State direction of Performance Evaluation, and Financial and Real Estate Affairs;
*State direction of Performance Evaluation, and Financial and Real Estate Affairs;
*Digital management;
*Digital management;
===State direction of the Interior and Territorial affairs===
===State direction of the Interior and Territorial affairs===
===State direction of Public security===
===State direction of Public security===

Revision as of 10:11, 2 April 2023

Ministry of the Interior
Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών
Romaia gov logo interior.svg
Ministry overview
Formed1805; 219 years ago (1805)
Preceding Ministry
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionGovernment of Romaia
HeadquartersConstantinoupoli
Annual budget£18.8 billion (2019)
Minister responsible
Websiteeso.cyb.ra

The Ministry of the Interior (Greek: Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών) is a government agency of Romaia, headquartered in Constantinoupoli. It is cabinet-level ministry of Romaia.

Responsibilities

The ministry is responsible for internal security and the protection of the constitutional order, for civil protection against disasters and terrorism, for displaced persons and administrative questions. It is host to the Standing Committee of Interior Ministers and also drafts all passport, identity card, firearms, and explosives legislation.

The Ministry of the Interior is political authority for the administration of internal affairs. It controls the National Police (Εθνική Αστυνομία), the Fire Fighters Corps (Σώμα Πυροσβεστικών) and the Prefect. The minister herefore sits on the High Council of Defence.

The main functions of the ministry are as follows:

  • Ensuring the regular organisation of the elected organs of the local entities and their correct functioning, regulating local finances and electoral services, looking after vital records and registry offices, and collaborating with local entities;
  • Protection of public order and security and co-ordination of the police forces;
  • General administration and general representation of the government in its territories;
  • Protection of civil rights, including religious belief, citizenship, immigration, and asylum.

Organisation

The following departments, directorates, special commissions, and other offices and secretariats of the Ministry of Interior are as follows:

  • General Secretariate of the Interior
  • State direction of the Interior and Territorial affairs
  • State direction of Public security
  • State direction of foreigners
  • State direction of Civil Defence

The minister has the autority above different service, he also has the General Inspectorate of Administration and the Superior Council of the Territorial Administration of the State.

General Secretariate of the Interior

The general secretariat, headed by the secretary general, is responsible for supporting the other departments of the ministry, either via administrative missions (budget, human resources, real estate, legal advice, etc.), or via cross-cutting missions and overseeing public administrative establishments (EPA).

It is made up of departments and services:

  • State direction of Modernization and Territorial Action;
  • State direction of Civil Liberties and Legal Affairs;
  • Human Resources Management;
  • State direction of Performance Evaluation, and Financial and Real Estate Affairs;
  • Digital management;

State direction of the Interior and Territorial affairs

State direction of Public security

The National Police national police comes under the authority of the Minister of the Interior, subject to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to the exercise of the judicial police. The National Gendarmerie is an armed force set up to watch over the execution of the laws. The judicial police is one of its essential missions. The national gendarmerie is intended to ensure public security and public order, particularly in rural and peri-urban areas, as well as on communication routes.

The National Gendarmerie is placed under the authority of the Minister of the Defence, responsible for its organization, its management, its preparation for use and the military infrastructure which it requires.

State direction of foreigners

The State direction of foreigners in Romaia is responsible for designing and implementing public policies concerning immigration, whether legal or illegal; reception and the acquisition and withdrawal of Romaian nationality and questions of the right to asylum.

State direction of Civil Defence

Territorial administration

To carry out its missions, the Ministry of the Interior relies on a network of prefectures (regional or departmental) and sub-prefectures throughout Romaia. There are also all the police stations, civil security bases, etc.