Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)
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| Federal Ministry of the Interior Bundesministerium des Inneren |
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| Formed | 1879 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Bonn |
| Minister Responsible | Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of the Interior |
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| http://www.bmi.bund.de | |
The Federal Ministry of the Interior (in German, Bundesministerium des Innern or BMI) is a ministry of the German federal government. Its main office is in Berlin, with a secondary seat in Bonn. The current minister of the interior is Wolfgang Schäuble.
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[edit] Responsibilities
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 all German police and intelligence agencies involved in the fight against terrorism.
[edit] Organization
[edit] State Secretaries
The minister is supported by two parliamentary state secretaries and two state secretaries who manage the ministry's various departments. One of the latter manages "P", "B", "IS" and "M" departments plus the crisis management cell and the working group on counter-intelligence development. The other supervises "Z", "G", "D", "O", "SP" and "V" departments plus the information technology director, data protection and freedom of information office and the doping task force.
[edit] Departments
- "P" Department (Abteilung P) is the ministry’s police department and has two branches: law enforcement and counter-terrorism. It analyses crime control issues and develops concepts and drafts laws to improve law enforcement and crime prevention efforts. It also manages the Federal Criminal Police Office, coordinates police support group deployments and represents federal interests in the sport and security arena. Due to Germany's federal structure, it can only promote internal security and public safety by cooperating with the state police forces and with agencies within the European Union (EU) and beyond.
- "IS" Department (Abteilung IS) is the internal security department that protects the German state against political extremism. It exercises supervisory control over the Federal Office for Constitution Protection, studies extremist groups and can ban them as a final resort. In addition, the department is responsible for the security of classified information and prevention of sabotage and espionage. It also manages civil defense and emergency management efforts at the national level and exercises supervisory control over the Civil Protection Center and Federal Agency for Technical Relief.
- "B" Department (Abteilung B) supervises and manages German Federal Police operations.
- "M" Department (Abteilung M) is responsible for immigration, integration, refugees and European harmonisation.
- "Z" Department (Abteilung Z) is the central office.
- "G" Department (Abteilung G) is responsible for policy, Europe and international developments
- "D" Department (Abteilung D) is responsible for the civil service.
- "O" Department (Abteilung O) is responsible for administrative modernisation and organisation.
- "SP" Department (Abteilung SP) is responsible for sport.
- "V" Department (Abteilung V) is responsible for constitutional, state, administrative and European law.
[edit] Special agencies
| Name | Abbrev. | Translation |
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| Bundesausgleichsamt | BAA | Federal Equalization of Burdens Office |
| Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge | BAMF | Federal Office for Migration and Refugees |
| Bundesakademie für öffentliche Verwaltung | BAköV | Federal Academy of Public Administration |
| Beschaffungsamt | BeschA | Procurement Agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior |
| Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit | BfDI | Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information |
| Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz | BfV | Federal Agency for the Protection of the Constitution |
| Bundespolizei | BPOL | Federal Police |
| Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung | BIB | Federal Institute for Population Research |
| Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft | BISp | Federal Institute of Sport Science |
| Bundeskriminalamt | BKA | Federal Criminal Police Office |
| Bundesamt für Kartografie und Geodäsie | BKG | Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy |
| Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung | BpB | Federal Agency for Civic Education |
| Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik | BSI | Federal Office for Information Security |
| Bundesverwaltungsamt | BVA | Federal Office of Administration |
| Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe | BBK | Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance |
| Schutzkommission beim Bundesminister des Innern | ||
| Fachhochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung | FH Bund | Federal Public Administration College |
| Koordinierungs- und Beratungsstelle der Bundesregierung für Informationstechnik in der Bundesverwaltung | KBSt | |
| Statistisches Bundesamt destatis | StBA | Federal Statistical Office |
| Technisches Hilfswerk | THW | Federal Agency for Technical Relief |
| Unabhängige Kommission zur Überprüfung des Vermögens der Parteien und Massenorganisationen der DDR | UKPV | Independent Commission for the Review of Assets of Parties and Mass Organisation of the GDR |
| Vertreterin des Bundesinteresses beim Bundesverwaltungsgericht | VBI | |
| Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Aussiedlerfragen und nationale Minderheiten | ||
| Bundesanstalt für den Digitalfunk der Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben | BDBOS | Federal Agency for Emergency Service Digital Radio |
[edit] Federal Minister of the Interior
[edit] Presidents of the Chancellery, 1871-1879
- Rudolf Delbrück 1871-1876
- Karl Hofmann 1876-1879
[edit] State Secretaries for the Interior, 1879-1918
- Karl Hofmann 1879-1880
- Karl Heinrich von Bötticher 1880-1897
- Count Arthur Adolf von Posadowsky-Wehner 1897-1907
- Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg 1907-1909
- Klemens Delbrück 1909-1916
- Karl Helfferich 1916-1917
- Max Wallraf 1917-1918
- Karl Trimborn 1918
[edit] Ministers of the Interior, 1918-
[edit] Weimar Republic 1918-1933
- Friedrich Ebert (SPD) 1918-1919
- Hugo Preuß (DDP) 1919
- Eduard David (SPD) 1919
- Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) 1919-1921
- Georg Gradnauer (SPD) 1921
- Adolf Köster (SPD) 1921-1922
- Rudolf Oeser (DDP) 1922-1923
- Wilhelm Sollmann (SPD) 1923
- Karl Jarres(DVP) 1923-1925
- Martin Schiele (DNVP) 1925
- Otto Geßler (DDP) 1925-1926
- Wilhelm Külz (DDP) 1926-1927
- Walter von Keudell (DNVP) 1927-1928
- Carl Severing (SPD) 1928-1930
- Joseph Wirth (Z) 1930-1931
- Wilhelm Groener 1931-1932
- Wilhelm Freiherr von Gayl (DNVP) 1932
- Franz Bracht 1932-1933
[edit] Third Reich1933-1945
- Wilhelm Frick (NSDAP) 1933-1943
- Heinrich Himmler (NSDAP) 1943-1945
- Wilhelm Stuckart (NSDAP) 1945
[edit] West Germany (FRG) 1949-1990; Germany 1990-
- Gustav Heinemann (CDU) 1949-1950
- Robert Lehr (CDU) 1950-1953
- Gerhard Schröder (CDU) 1953-1961
- Hermann Höcherl (CSU) 1961-1965
- Paul Lücke (CDU) 1965-1968
- Ernst Benda (CDU) 1968-1969
- Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) 1969-1974
- Werner Maihofer (FDP) 1974-1978
- Gerhart Baum (FDP) 1978-1982
- Jürgen Schmude (SPD) 1982
- Friedrich Zimmermann (CSU) 1982-1989
- Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) 1989-1991
- Rudolf Seiters (CDU) 1991-1993
- Manfred Kanther (CDU) 1993-1998
- Otto Schily (SPD) 1998-2005
- Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) 2005-
[edit] Ministers of the Interior of the GDR, 1949-1990
- Karl Steinhoff 1949-1952
- Willi Stoph 1952-1955
- Karl Maron 1955-1963
- Friedrich Dickel 1963-1989
- Lothar Ahrendt 1989-1990
- Peter-Michael Diestel 1990
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