Ministry of the Interior (Uruguay)

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Ministry of the Interior
Ministerio del Interior
Ministry overview
Formed22 December 1828 (1828-12-22)
JurisdictionUruguay
HeadquartersMontevideo
MottoLibertad en el Orden (Freedom in the Order)
Minister responsible
  • Vacant
Parent departmentGovernment of Uruguay
WebsiteMinistry of the Interior

The Ministry of the Interior of Uruguay 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.[1]

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 Barrio Centro, Montevideo. The current Minister of the Interior is Jorge Larrañaga, who has held the position since 1 March 2020.[2]

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

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.[3]

List of Ministers of the Interior[]

List of Minister for the Interior of Uruguay since 1943:

Period Minister Party
1943–1944 Colorado Party
1944–1947 Colorado Party
1947–1948 Colorado Party
1948–1949 Alberto Zubiría Colorado Party
1949–1950 Colorado Party
1950 Colorado Party
1950–1951 Colorado Party
1951–1952 Colorado Party
1952–1955 Colorado Party
1955–1956 Colorado Party
1956–1958 Alberto Abdala Colorado Party
1958–1959 Héctor Grauert Colorado Party
1959–1960 National Party
1960 National Party
1960–1963 National Party
1963–1965 National Party
1965–1966 National Party
1966–1967 National Party
1967–1968 Colorado Party
1968 Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga Colorado Party
1968–1969 Colorado Party
1969–1970 Colorado Party
1970–1971
1971 Colorado Party
1971–1972
1972 Alejandro Rovira Colorado Party
1972–1973 Dictatorship
1973–1974 Cnel. Dictatorship
1974–1979 Gral. Dictatorship
1979–1981 Tte. Gral. Dictatorship
1981–1983 Gral. Dictatorship
1983–1984 Gral. Dictatorship
1984–1985 Gral. Dictatorship
1985–1986 Colorado Party
1986–1989 Antonio Marchesano Colorado Party
1989 Colorado Party
1989–1990 Colorado Party
1990–1993 Juan Andrés Ramírez National Party
1993–1994 National Party
1994–1995 National Party
1995–1998 Didier Opertti Colorado Party
1998 Luis Hierro López Colorado Party
1998–2004 Guillermo Stirling Colorado Party
2004 Colorado Party
2004–2005 Colorado Party
2005–2007 Broad Front
2007–2009 Daisy Tourné Broad Front
2009–2010 Jorge Bruni Broad Front
2010–2020 Eduardo Bonomi Broad Front
2020-2021 Jorge Larrañaga National Party
2021-Incumbent Luis Alberto Héber National Party

References[]

  1. ^ "Misión y cometidos". 8 September 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Nuevos secretarios de Estado firmaron Libro de Actas ante el flamante presidente, Luis Lacalle Pou - Presidencia de la República". www.presidencia.gub.uy. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Ley 19.315". 6 October 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

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