The Ministry of the Interior of the 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.
| Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova Republike Hrvatske | |
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| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
List of ministers
edit 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 | 7 years, 167 days | HDZ | Plenković I–II |
![Ivan Jarnjak [hr]](/wiki/File:20_obljetnica_osnutka_SJP_Alfa_Zagreb_Ivan_Jarnjak_03092011_440.jpg)
![Tomislav Karamarko[a]](/wiki/File:20_obljetnica_osnutka_SJP_Alfa_Zagreb_Tomislav_Karamarko_03092011_304.jpg)
![Vlaho Orepić [hr]](/wiki/File:VlahoOrepic_final.jpg)
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(*) Ministers of Internal Affairs who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.
Notes
edit- 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
editThe 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
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- 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
editThe 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- Official website
(in Croatian)
