Ministry of the Interior (Spain)
The Ministry of the Interior (MIR) is a department of the Government of Spain responsible for public security, the protection of the constitutional rights, the command of the law enforcement agencies, national security, immigration affairs, prisons, civil defense and road traffic safety. Through the Undersecretariat of the Interior and its superior body, the Directorate-General for Internal Policy, the Ministry is responsible for all actions related to ensuring political pluralism and the proper functioning of electoral processes.
The main headquarters
Image: Miguel Maura 1936
Image: D. Santiago Casares Quiroga, Ministro de
Image: Diego Martinez Barrio
Spanish government departments
The Spanish government departments, commonly known as Ministries, are the main bodies through which the Government of Spain exercise its executive authority. They are also the top level of the General State Administration. The ministerial departments and their organization are created by Royal Decree signed by the Monarch and the Prime Minister and all of them are headed by a Cabinet member called Minister.
Image: Pedro Sánchez in 2023
Image: José Manuel Albares 2023 (cropped)
Image: Félix Bolaños 2023 (cropped)
Image: Margarita Robles 2020 (cropped)