Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysia)

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) or Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) (German: Ministry of Internal Affairs ) is a ministry of the State of Malaysia .

The area of responsibility includes all aspects of internal security (in particular the fight against crime , civil protection and the administrative protection of the constitution), passport, identity card and registration, matters relating to immigration and integration as well as the implementation of registration law .

history

From the founding of the Malaya Federation on February 1, 1948 to March 1951, federal administration of the country was initially in the hands of three senior British officials, the Chief Secretary, the Attorney General and the Finance Secretary. That only changed in March 1951 when the colonial government introduced the so-called member system . As part of this reorganization, various offices were set up, including the Department of Home Affairs , the forerunner of today's ministry.

On the way there, the name of the authority changed several times: Department of Home Affairs , Ministry of Interior and Justice , Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Internal Security until the current name Ministry of Home Affairs emerged.

In the first parliamentary election on July 27, 1955, Abdul Rahman was appointed Prime Minister of the Federation and on August 9, 1955, Minister of Internal Affairs. At the same time the member system was abolished and the ministerial system was introduced. At that time, the agency was also renamed the Ministry of Home Affairs .

In July 1958, the Ministry by merging the functions was the executive and the judiciary to Ministry of Interior and Justice . In recognition of the principle of the classic separation of powers , however, it was split up into a Ministry of the Interior and a Ministry of Justice in August 1959. At the end of 1959, another ministry, the Ministry of Internal Security , was established, which was responsible for the tasks of the police forces and border protection. In 1965 the Ministry of Internal Security and the Ministry of Interior were merged to form the Ministry of Home Affairs . It now united six authorities, namely the Royal Malaysian Police, Immigration Department, Registrar of Societies, National Registration Department, Prisons Department and Orang Asli Affairs Department. It was also responsible for psychological warfare and the Voluntary Home Guard - a volunteer vigilante group that later became the People's Volunteer Corps (RELA) . In 1979 the National Anti-Drug Agency of Malaysia came under the supervision of the Ministry of Home Affairs, and in 1981 the Ministry was expanded to include a department known as the Rehabilitation and Psychological Division .

On March 27, 2004, the ministry was divided into the two ministries Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Internal Security . However, this split was reversed on March 18, 2008, so that the current ministry again operates under the name Ministry of Home Affairs .

Administrative structure

At the time of its establishment, the Ministry had nine different offices and institutions (Broadcasting Office, Co-operative Development Office, Film Unit, Immigration Office, Information Office, Pilgrimage Office, Registration Office, Orang Asli Welfare Office and the Rural and Industrial Development Authority - RISDA ).

After the merger of the Ministry of Internal Security and the Ministry of Internal Affairs after the nationwide elections in 2008, the administrative structure of the now rapidly growing ministry was fundamentally changed. The ministry is headed by a minister and two deputies. A secretary general, supported by three deputy secretaries general, was appointed to manage and administer the associated administrative apparatus, which consists of 25 departments. Each of these three deputies reports to several departments, which in turn are led by undersecretaries.

Associated offices and institutions

The following offices and institutions are subordinate to the Ministry:

the police force Malaysia “Polis Diraja Malaysia”,
the penal system “Jabatan Penjara Malaysia” ( Malay for prison office ),
the National Anti-Drug Agency “Agensi Antidadah Kebangsaan”,
the immigration office “Jabatan Imigresen”,
the state registration and passport authority “Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara”,
the registry authority “Jabatan Pendaftaran Pertubuhan”,
the civil protection authority “Jabatan Pertahanan Awam”,
the voluntary service agency RELA (“ Jabatan Sukarelawan Malaysia ”),
the film inspection agency “Lembaga Penapis Filem” and
the State Printing Office of Malaysia (“Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad”).

minister

The current minister has been Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi since May 5, 2013. He was previously Minister of Defense in Prime Minister Najib Razak's government .

Former incumbents:

Official	Term of office
Onn bin Jaafar	03/22/1951 - 08/08/1955
Abdul Rahman Putra	08/09/1955 - 08/30/1957
Sulaiman Bin Abdul Rahman	08/31/1957 - 08/31/1960
Ismail Bin Dato 'Abdul Rahman	09/01/1960 - 05/31/1967
Abdul Razak Bin Dato 'Hussein	06/01/1967 - 05/13/1969
Ismail Bin Dato 'Abdul Rahman	05/14/1969 - 08/01/1973
Muhammad Ghazali Bin Shafie	08/13/1973 - 07/16/1981
Musa Bin Hitam	07/17/1981 - 03/16/1986
Mahathir Bin Mohamed	03/17/1986 - 01/10/1999
Abdullah Bin Ahmad Badawi	01/11/1999 - 03/17/2008
Azmi bin Khalid	03/27/2004 - 02/13/2006
Mohd Radzi bin Sheikh Ahmad	02/14/2006 - 03/17/2008
Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar	03/18/2008 - 04/9/2009
Hishammuddin Tun Hussein	April 10, 2009 - April 20, 2013
Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi	May 15, 2013 - Today

Web links

Commons : Ministry of Home Affairs - collection of images

Official website

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ministry of Home Affairs: A brief history in English ; accessed on January 29, 2014
↑ Organizational chart of the ministry ( Memento of the original dated May 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) As of January 29, 2014; accessed on January 29, 2014 @1@ 2

^ Press release of the Prime Minister's Department of May 16, 2013; Retrieved September 11, 2013

^ Ministry of Home Affairs: List of Ministers. ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on January 29, 2014 @1@ 2

Remarks

↑ Original name of the English title: Chief Secretary, Attorney-General, Financial Secretary .

[MOHA-sejarah-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ministry of Home Affairs: A brief history in English ; accessed on January 29, 2014

[organigramm-3] Organizational chart of the ministry ( Memento of the original dated May 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) As of January 29, 2014; accessed on January 29, 2014 @1@ 2

[4] Press release of the Prime Minister's Department of May 16, 2013; Retrieved September 11, 2013

[5] Ministry of Home Affairs: List of Ministers. ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on January 29, 2014 @1@ 2

[1] Original name of the English title: Chief Secretary, Attorney-General, Financial Secretary .