Ministry of Interior (Saudi Arabia)
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وزارة الداخلية |
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|---|---|
| founding | 1951 |
| Headquarters | Riad |
| Authority management | Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud |
| Web presence | Official website |
The Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia ( Arabic وزارة الداخلية, DMG Wizārat ad-Dāḫiliyya ) is the competent authority for national security, naturalization, immigration and customs. The authority is regularly run by a prince of the Saud royal family .
The Ministry is responsible for the Division of Internal Security , which includes the following directorates:
- General Directorate of Police Forces (General Directorate for the regular police authority "Schurta" and the secret police "Mabahith")
- General Directorate of Rescue
- General Directorate of Civil Defense
- General Directorate of Investigations
- General Directorate of Corrections (General Directorate for Appellations)
- General Directorate of Court Services
- General Directorate of The Two Holy Mosques' Security
The Department for Naturalization and Residence enforces immigration laws, it is subordinate to the executive authority: "Immigration and Customs Enforcement Police" (police authority for immigration and customs). The Ministry is also responsible for issuing passports ( Jawāzāt /جوازات) as well as the residence permit for foreigners. (See: Saudi Arabia ID card ).
It also oversees the Special Criminal Court , a special criminal court for state security.
With around half a million employees, the Ministry of the Interior is one of the largest authorities in the country, which in 2010 had a total population of 27 million with 18.7 million Saudi citizens.
The interior ministry building in Riyadh was described by journalist Lawrence Wright as "a giant inverted pyramid that appears like a death star on the outskirts of Riyadh."
List of ministers
- Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz al Saud (1962–1975)
- Naif ibn Abd al-Aziz al Saud (1975–16 June 2012)
- Ahmed ibn Abd al-Aziz al Saud (June 18, 2012 - November 5, 2012)
- Mohammed ibn Naif al Saud (November 5, 2012– June 1, 2017)
- Abdulaziz bin Saud Al Saud (since June 21, 2017)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b "The Kingdom of Silence" ( February 10, 2004 memento in the Internet Archive ) by Lawrence Wright , The New Yorker, January 5, 2004
- ↑ Census shows Kingdom's population at more than 27 million . Saudi Gazette . November 24, 2010. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 26, 2014. (April 2010 Census: 27,136,977 total population; 18,707,576 Saudi nationals and 8,429,401 non-nationals.)
- ^ Saudi succession in spotlight after new heir named . In: Reuters , June 19, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
- ↑ https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2017/06/21/PROFILE-The-new-Saudi-Interior-Minister.html
Abdullah ibn Faisal (1951-1959) | Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz (1959-1960) | Musaed ibn Abdulrahman (1960) | Abdul Muhsin ibn Abd al-Aziz (1960–1961) | Faisal ibn Turki I (1961–1962) | Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz (1962–1975) | Naif ibn Abd al-Aziz (1975–2012) | Ahmed ibn Abd al-Aziz (2012) | Mohammed ibn Naif (2012-2017) | Abdulaziz bin Saud Al Saud (since 2017)