| Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova Republike Hrvatske  | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1990 | 
| Jurisdiction | Government of Croatia | 
| Headquarters | Ulica grada Vukovara 33, Zagreb 45°47′59″N 15°57′50″E / 45.7998525°N 15.9638857°E  | 
| Employees | 25,641 (2015)[1] | 
| Annual budget | HRK 4.818 billion (2015)[2] | 
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | mup | 
The Ministry of the Internal Affairs Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova Republike Hrvatske or MUP RH) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of state security among other roles. Croatian Police is a public service of the Ministry of the Interior.
List of ministers
  Croatian Democratic Union (9)
  Social Democratic Party (2)
  The Bridge (1)
  Independent (1)
| No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josip Boljkovac (1920–2014)  | 30 May 1990 | 2 July 1991 | 1 year, 33 days | HDZ | Mesić Manolić  | |
| 2 | Onesin Cvitan (born 1939)  | 2 July 1991 | 17 July 1991 | 15 days | HDZ | Manolić | |
| 3 | Ivan Vekić (1938–2014)  | 17 July 1991 | 15 April 1992 | 273 days | HDZ | Gregurić | |
| 4 | Ivan Jarnjak (born 1941)  | 15 April 1992 | 16 December 1996 | 4 years, 245 days | HDZ | Gregurić Šarinić Valentić Mateša  | |
| 5 | Ivan Penić (born 1954)  | 16 December 1996 | 27 January 2000 | 3 years, 42 days | HDZ | Mateša | |
| 6 | Šime Lučin (born 1958)  | 27 January 2000 | 23 December 2003 | 3 years, 330 days | SDP | Račan I–II | |
| 7 | Marijan Mlinarić (1943–2007)  | 23 December 2003 | 17 February 2005 | 1 year, 56 days | HDZ | Sanader I | |
| 8 | Ivica Kirin (born 1970)  | 17 February 2005 | 12 January 2008 | 2 years, 329 days | HDZ | Sanader I | |
| 9 | Berislav Rončević (born 1960)  | 12 January 2008 | 10 October 2008 | 272 days | HDZ | Sanader II | |
| 10 | Tomislav Karamarko[a] (born 1959)  | 10 October 2008 | 23 December 2011 | 272 days | Independent HDZ  | Sanader II Kosor  | |
| 11 | Ranko Ostojić* (born 1962)  | 23 December 2011 | 22 January 2016 | 4 years, 30 days | SDP | Milanović | |
| 12 | Vlaho Orepić (born 1968)  | 22 January 2016 | 27 April 2017 | 1 year, 95 days | Most | Orešković Plenković I  | |
| 13 | Davor Božinović* (born 1961)  | 9 June 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 221 days | HDZ | Plenković I–II | 
(*) Ministers of Internal Affairs who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.
Notes
- a. ^ Karamarko was appointed in the HDZ-dominated Sanader cabinet as a non-party minister. In 2009 he continued to serve in the Kosor cabinet and formally joined HDZ in September 2011.[3]
 
Role
The Ministry of the Interior deals with administrative and other tasks related to the following:[4]
- policing and criminal police activities that involve protection of life and personal security of people and property and the prevention and detection of crime;
 - tracing and capturing of perpetrators of criminal offences and their bringing before the competent authorities;
 - maintaining of public order and the protection of particular persons, citizens, facilities and premises;
 - conducting of technical crime investigations and expert analysis;
 - road traffic safety;
 - state border protection;
 - movement and stay of aliens and their admission;
 - travel documents for crossing the state border;
 - safeguarding at public gatherings;
 - nationality affairs;
 - issuing of identity cards and the registration of residence and sojourn;
 - issuing of driving licences and the registration of motor vehicles;
 - procurement, keeping and carrying of weapons and ammunition;
 - explosive devices and substances;
 - protection of the constitutional order;
 - special police force tasks and the supervision over security agencies.
 
The Ministry is also responsible for the following: keeping the records and statistics concerning the internal affairs, the internal affairs information system and the education and training of the Ministry's officers.
Organization

- Minister's Cabinet (Kabinet ministra)
 - General Police Directorate (Ravnateljstvo policije)
 - Material and Financial Affairs Directorate (Uprava za materijalno financijske poslove)
 - Directorate for Development, Equipment and Support (Uprava za razvoj, opremanje i potporu)
 - Legal Affairs and Human Resources Directorate (Uprava za pravne poslove i ljudske potencijale)
 - Administrative and Inspection Affairs Directorate (Uprava za upravne i inspekcijske poslove)
 - European Integration and International Affairs Directorate (Uprava za europske integracije i međunarodne odnose)
 - Special Security Affairs Directorate (Uprava za posebne poslove sigurnosti)
 
General Police Directorate
The General Police Directorate is in charge of the national police. There are twenty geographical commands,[5] and the national body is organised as follows:[6]
- Police Directorate
 
- Public Order Department
 - Command of Intervention Police
 - Department for Road Traffic Safety
 - Bomb Disposal Department
 
- Criminal Police Directorate
 
- General Crime Department
 - Anti-terrorism and War Crime Department
 - Organised Crime Department
 - Economic Crime and Corruption Department
 - Drugs Department
 - Special Criminal Investigations Department
 - Criminal Intelligence Analysis Department
 - Protection Unit
 - International Police Co-operation Department
 
- Border Police Directorate
 
- Neighbouring Countries Department
 - State Border Protection Department
 - Maritime and Airport Police Department
 - Illegal Migration Department
 - Centre for Training of Dog Handlers and Dog Dressure
 - Reception Centre for Foreigners
 - Mobile Unit for Static Border Control
 
The following units exists at the same level:
- Operational Police Communication Centre
 - Forensic Centre
 - Police Academy
 
References
- ↑  Blažević, Robert (2015): Upravna znanost, p. 284. ISBN 9789538034039
"...(on day 19. February 2015)." - ↑ "Državni proračun 2015. godina - Republika Hrvatska - Ministarstvo financija". Mfin.hr. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
 - ↑ "Karamarko ušao u HDZ bez odobrenja Visokog časnog suda". Večernji list. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
 - ↑ "Ministry of the Interior". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
 - ↑  "Archived copy" (PDF). www.interpol.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑  "Archived copy" (PDF). www.interpol.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 
External links
- Official website 
 (in Croatian) 



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