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TheFPS Interior (Dutch:FOD Binnenlandse Zaken,French:SPF Intérieur,German:FÖD Inneres), formerly theMinistry of the Interior, is a Federal Public Service ofBelgium. It was created byRoyal Order on 14 January 2002, as part of the plans of theVerhofstadt I Government to modernise the federal administration. The FPS Interior employs approximately 4,300 persons and is responsible for guaranteeing the rule of law, the registration andidentification of natural persons, theimmigration policy and for guaranteeing public order and safety.
The acronymIBZ comes from a mixture of its French and Dutch names,IntérieurBinnenlandse Zaken.
The FPS Interior is responsible to the Federal Minister of the Interior, Institutional Reforms and Democratic Renewal,Annelies Verlinden, since October 2020.
The FPS Interior is organised into five Directorates-General:
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