Home Office

The Interior Ministry is one next to the Ministry of Defense (former Ministry of War ), the Ministry of Finance , the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the classic ministries that are already in the cabinets of absolutist emerged Kings.

The Ministry of the Interior deals with questions of internal politics , especially the administration. Many ministries today deal with tasks that were originally assigned to the Ministry of the Interior but which have been outsourced to emphasize their importance. This applies, for example, to the Ministry of the Environment or the Ministry of Social Affairs . Often the tasks of the interior ministry also include questions of internal security .
In federal states there are often interior ministries at both federal and state level. Some autonomous and dependent areas also have interior ministries.

Interior ministries in different countries

country	designation
Belgium Belgium	Federal Public Service Home Affairs
Brunei Brunei	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Denmark Denmark	Social- og Indenrigsministeriet (Ministry of Social Affairs and Interior)
Germany Germany	Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs
France France	Ministère de l'Intérieur (Ministry of the Interior, Overseas Territories, Local Authorities and Immigration)
Iceland Iceland	Innanríkisráðuneyti Íslands (Ministry of Interior of Iceland), existed 2011-2017
Italy Italy	Ministero dell'Interno (Ministry of the Interior)
Japan Japan	総務省 (Sōmu-shō) (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication)
Croatia Croatia	Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova Republike Hrvatske (Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Croatia)
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein	Ministry of the Interior, Education and the Environment
Lithuania Lithuania	Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministerija (Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania)
Luxembourg Luxembourg	Ministère de l'Intérieur (Ministry of the Interior)
Malaysia Malaysia	Kementerian Dalam Negeri (Ministry of Internal Affairs)
Mexico Mexico	Secretaría de Gobernación (Government Secretariat )
Namibia Namibia	Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Immigration)
Austria Austria	federal Ministry of Internal Affairs
East Timor East Timor	Ministry of the Interior of East Timor
Poland Poland	Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych
Russia Russia	Министерство внутренних дел Российской Федерации (Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation)
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia	وزارة الداخلية (Ministry of the Interior)
Switzerland Switzerland	Federal Department of the Interior
Slovenia Slovenia	Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve Republike Slovenije
Turkey Turkey	Türkiye Cumhuriyeti İçişleri Bakanlığı (Ministry of Interior of Turkey)
Hungary	Belügyminisztérium (Ministry of the Interior)
United States United States	Department of the Interior (Interior Ministry)
United Kingdom United Kingdom	Home Office (Ministry of the Interior or Home Office)
Disbanded States
Soviet Union Soviet Union	Ministry of Interior of the USSR (NKVD or MWD)