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| Formed | 24 December 1879 (145 years ago) (1879-12-24) as theReichsamt des Inneren 23 May 1949 (76 years ago) (1949-05-23) in the current form |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Alt-Moabit 140 10557Berlin 52°31′17″N13°21′44″E / 52.52139°N 13.36222°E /52.52139; 13.36222 |
| Employees | 60,000 (subordinate agencies)[1] 1,500 (ministry) |
| Annual budget | €18.458 billion (2021)[2] |
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| Website | www |
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TheFederal Ministry of the Interior (German:Bundesministerium des Innern,pronounced[ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊmdɛsˈʔɪnɐnʔʊntfyːɐ̯ˈhaɪmaːt]ⓘ; abbreviatedBMI) is acabinet-level ministry of theFederal Republic of Germany. Its main office is inBerlin, with a secondary seat inBonn. The current minister isAlexander Dobrindt. It is comparable to the UKHome Office or a combination of theUS Department of Homeland Security and theUS Department of Justice, because both manage several law enforcement agencies. The BMI is tasked with the internal security of Germany. To fulfill this responsibility it maintains, among other agencies, the two biggest federal law enforcement agencies in Germany, theFederal Police (including theGSG 9) and theFederal Criminal Police Office. It is also responsible for the federal domestic intelligence agency, theFederal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
TheReichsamt des Innern (Imperial Office of the Interior) was theMinistry of the Interior of theGerman Empire. On the proposal of theReichskanzlerOtto von Bismarck it was created on 24 December 1879 by an Imperial decree from theReich Chancellery. Like the other Imperial Offices it was directly under the control of the Reichskanzler. The seat of the office was in Berlin and it was managed by aSecretary of State, who from 1881 until 1916 also simultaneously held the office ofVice-Chancellor. Thegazette for the publication of official notices was run by the Office from 1880. Entitled theZentralblatt für das Deutsche Reich (ZBl), it had been published by the Reich Chancellery from 1873 until 1879.
With theLaw on the Provisional Imperial Government [de] of 11 February 1919, the Imperial Office became theReichsministerium des Innern (RMI) (Ministry of the Interior) which remained the German Ministry of the Interior during theWeimar Republic andNazi Germany. From 1923 until 1945, the ministry published the government gazette, which was entitled theReichsministerialblatt (RMBl). On 1 November 1934 it was united with thePrussian Ministry of the Interior as theReichs- und Preußischen Ministerium des Innern (Imperial and Prussian Ministry of the Interior).[3]
In 1949, the Imperial Ministry of the Interior (effectively defunct since the end of the war in Europe in 1945) was succeeded by the present Federal Ministry, though it served as the Interior Ministry forWest Germany only untilGerman reunification in 1990. From 1949 to 1970, 54% of the ministry's department leaders were formerNazi Party members, their share peaking at 66% in 1961.[4]
Under theFourth Merkel cabinet, which took office in February 2018, the Ministry of the Interior was merged with the building department, which had been included in theministry of transport from 1998 to 2013, and theenvironment ministry from 2013 to 2018. The ministry, headed by the formerBavarian minister-presidentHorst Seehofer, was then renamed to "Interior, Building and Homeland". The renaming was controversial as some interpreted the termHeimat as old-fashioned or even nationalistic.[5][6][7]
The Ministry of the Interior is responsible for internal security and the protection of the constitutional order, for civil protection against disasters and terrorism, for displaced persons, administrative questions, and sports. It is host to the Standing Committee of Interior Ministers and also drafts all passport, identity card, firearms, and explosives legislation.The ministry also houses the Joint Anti-Terrorism Center formed in 2004 which is an information-sharing and analytical forum for allGerman police andintelligence agencies involved in the fight against terrorism.
The minister is supported by two parliamentarystate secretaries and five state secretaries who manage the ministry's various departments.
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