The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia is the ministry in the Government of Croatia

Government of Croatia

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 which is in charge of state security among other roles. Croatian Police is a public service of the Ministry of the Interior.

Role

The Ministry of the Interior deals with administrative

Administration (government)

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 and other tasks related to the following:

• policing and criminal police activities that involve protection of life and personal security of people and property and the prevention and detection of crime
  Crime
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  ;
• 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
  Border
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   protection;
• movement and stay of alien
  Alien (law)
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  s and their admission;
• travel document
  Travel document
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  s for crossing the state border;
• safeguarding at public gatherings;
• nationality
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   affairs;
• issuing of identity cards and the registration of residence and sojourn;
• issuing of driving licences and the registration of motor vehicle
  Motor vehicle
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  s;
• procurement, keeping and carrying of weapon
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  s and ammunition
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  ;
• 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, and the national body is organised as follows:

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

List of ministers

Minister	|Term start	Josip Boljkovac Josip Boljkovac Josip Boljkovac is a former Croatian politician, and was the first Minister of Internal Affairs in the Government of Croatia....	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	30 May 1990	2 July 1991
Onesin Cvitan	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	2 July 1991	17 July 1991
Ivan Vekić Ivan Vekić Ivan Vekić is a Croatian politician and lawyer. He was one of the founders of the Croatian Democratic Union and served as the Croatian Minister of Interior during the Croatian War of Independence.-Biography:...	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	17 July 1991	15 April 1992
Ivan Jarnjak	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	15 April 1992	16 December 1996
Ivan Penić	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	16 December 1996	27 January 2000
Šime Lučin	Social Democratic Party (SDP) Social Democratic Party of Croatia Social Democratic Party of Croatia , commonly referred to in Croatia as simply Social Democratic Party , is the largest centre-left political party in Croatia...	27 January 2000	23 December 2003
Marijan Mlinarić	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	23 December 2003	17 February 2005
Ivica Kirin Ivica Kirin Ivica Kirin is a Croatian politician who was the Interior Minister of Croatia from 2005 to 2007.He resigned as Interior Minister on 29 December 2007 after being pictured with Mladen Markac on a boar hunt...	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	17 February 2005	2 January 2008
Berislav Rončević Berislav Roncevic Berislav Rončević is a Croatian politician, and the former Minister of Internal Affairs in the Government of Croatia and the Minister of Defense....	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	12 January 2008	10 October 2008
Tomislav Karamarko Tomislav Karamarko Tomislav Karamarko is a Croatian politician, and the current Minister of Internal Affairs in the Government of Croatia....	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003... (from 25 September 2011)	10 October 2008	Incumbent

External links

• Ministry website