Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)

Ministry of Home Affairs
Agency overview
Formed	1959
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	New Phoenix Park, 28 Irrawaddy Road, Singapore 329560; 1°19′25.91″N 103°50′41.64″E / 1.3238639°N 103.8449000°E
Motto	Guardians of Singapore
Employees	28,144 (2018)
Annual budget	S$6.74 billion (2019)
Ministers responsible	K Shanmugam, Minister; Josephine Teo, Second Minister; Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Minister of State; Desmond Tan, Minister of State;
Agency executives	Pang Kin Keong, Permanent Secretary; Chew Hock Yong, Permanent Secretary (Home Affairs Development); Raja Kumar s/o Thamby Rajah, Deputy Secretary (International and Training); Puah Kok Keong, Deputy Secretary (Policy); Chan Tsan, Deputy Secretary (Development);
Child agencies	Casino Regulatory Authority; Central Narcotics Bureau; Home Team Academy; Home Team Science and Technology Agency; Immigration and Checkpoints Authority; Internal Security Department; Singapore Civil Defence Force; Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises; Singapore Police Force; Singapore Prison Service;
Website	www.mha.gov.sg

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA; Chinese: 内政部; Malay: Kementerian Ehwal Dalam Negeri; Tamil: உள்துறை அமைச்சு), sometimes referred to as the Home Team, is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for national security, public safety, civil defence, border control and immigration.

History[]

The Ministry of Home Affairs was set up in 1959 when Singapore attained self-governance. Housed at the Empress Place Building, it remained there until 16 September 1963 when Singapore joined Malaysia and internal affairs became a federal responsibility.

After gaining independence on 9 August 1965, Home Affairs returned to Empress Place under the purview of the Ministry of Interior and Defence (MID). MID stayed there for several months before it was re-located to Pearl's Hill (former Lower Barracks of Police).

On 11 August 1970, the Ministry of Interior and Defence was separated into two ministries, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. MHA remained at Pearl's Hill until August 1977 when it moved to Phoenix Park at Tanglin Road.

MHA, together with Police Headquarters, moved to its new premises at New Phoenix Park on 18 August 2001.

Organisational structure[]

Home Team Departments[]

The Ministry of Home Affairs consists of the following seven departments:

Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB)
Home Team Academy (HTA)
Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA)
Internal Security Department (ISD)
Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)
Singapore Police Force (SPF)
Singapore Prison Service (SPS)

Statutory Boards[]

Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA)
Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX)
Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE)

Committees/Councils[]

Presidential Council for Religious Harmony
National Crime Prevention Council
National Council Against Drug Abuse
National Fire and Civil Emergency Preparedness Council

Ministers[]

The Ministry is headed by the Minister for Home Affairs, who is appointed as part of the Cabinet of Singapore. The incumbent minister is K. Shanmugam.^[4]^[5]

Portrait	Minister	Start of Term	End of Term	Political Party
Minister for Home Affairs
	Ong Pang Boon	3 June 1959	15 September 1963	People's Action Party
Under the responsibility of the Federation of Malaysia (16 September 1963 – 8 August 1965)
Minister for the Interior and Defence
	Goh Keng Swee	9 August 1965	16 August 1967	People's Action Party
	Lim Kim San	17 August 1967	10 August 1970	People's Action Party
Minister for Home Affairs
	Ong Pang Boon	11 August 1970	5 September 1970	People's Action Party
	Wong Lin Ken	6 September 1970	15 September 1972
	Edmund William Barker	16 September 1972	30 October 1972
	Chua Sian Chin	1 November 1972	1 January 1985
	S Jayakumar	2 January 1985	1 January 1994
	Wong Kan Seng	2 January 1994	31 October 2010
	K Shanmugam	1 November 2010	20 May 2011
	Teo Chee Hean	21 May 2011	30 September 2015
	K Shanmugam	1 October 2015	Incumbent