Ministry of the Interior (Uruguay)
ministry of Uruguay
The Ministry of the Interior (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior) of Uruguay is the ministry of the Government of Uruguay that is responsible for controlling, regulating and evaluating policies, programs and plans related to public safety, as well as guaranteeing citizens the free exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms.
This ministry is in charge of the Uruguayan police force, as well as the fire department. In addition, it is responsible for issuing the identity card and other documents, through the National Directorate of Civil Identification. This government department is headquartered in Mercedes Road in Central Montevideo.
Creation
It was created during the Provisional Government of José Rondeau on 22 December 1828 as the Ministry of Government and Foreign Affairs, but in 1856 it was divided to give rise to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Government. In 1943 it is finally renamed as Ministry of Interior.
Units of the Ministry of Interior
Dirección Nacional de Asuntos Internos: National Internal Affairs Directorate
Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil: National Directorate of Civil Identification
Dirección Nacional de la Educación Policial: National Directorate of Police Education
Dirección Nacional de Bomberos: National Fire Department
Dirección Nacional de la Guardia Republicana: National Directorate of the Republican Guard
Dirección General de Información e Inteligencia Policial: General Directorate of Information and Police Intelligence
Dirección Nacional del Liberado: National Directorate of the Liberado
Dirección Nacional de Asuntos Sociales: National Directorate of Social Affairs
Dirección de Convivencia y Seguridad Ciudadana: Direction of Coexistence and Citizen Security
Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación: National Institute of Rehabilitation
Dirección Nacional de Migración: National Directorate of Migration
Security Cabinet
The Ministry's Security Cabinet has as its main mission the coordination and articulation of actions related to the conservation of order and public safety.
This cabinet is chaired by the Minister of the Interior and is composed, by the Undersecretary, the Director General of the Secretariat, the Director of the National Police, the Director of the Republican Guard, the Chief of Police of Montevideo, the Chief of Police of Canelones, the General Director of Information and Police Intelligence, the General Director of Repression of Illicit Drug Trafficking and the General Director of Combating Organized Crime and Interpol.
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