Ministry of the Interior (Croatia)

Ministry in the Government of Croatia

Ministry of Interior of the
Republic of CroatiaMinistarstvo unutarnjih poslova
Republike Hrvatske

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 / 45.7998525; 15.9638857
Employees| 25,641 (2015)[1]
Annual budget| HRK 4.818 billion (2015)[2]
Minister responsible|

* Davor Božinović

Website| mup.gov.hr

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.

## List of ministers

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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

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| Boljkovac, JosipJosip Boljkovac
(1920–2014)| 30 May 1990| 2 July 1991| 1 year, 33 days| HDZ| Mesić
Manolić

| Cvitan, OnesinOnesin Cvitan
(born 1939)| 2 July 1991| 17 July 1991| 15 days| HDZ| Manolić

| Vekić, IvanIvan Vekić
(1938–2014)| 17 July 1991| 15 April 1992| 273 days| HDZ| Gregurić

| Jarnjak, IvanIvan Jarnjak [hr]
(born 1941)| 15 April 1992| 16 December 1996| 4 years, 245 days| HDZ| Gregurić
Šarinić
Valentić
Mateša

| Penić, IvanIvan Penić [hr]
(born 1954)| 16 December 1996| 27 January 2000| 3 years, 42 days| HDZ| Mateša

| Lučin, ŠimeŠime Lučin
(born 1958)| 27 January 2000| 23 December 2003| 3 years, 330 days| SDP| Račan I–II

| Mlinarić, MarijanMarijan Mlinarić [hr]
(1943–2007)| 23 December 2003| 17 February 2005| 1 year, 56 days| HDZ| Sanader I

| Kirin, IvicaIvica Kirin
(born 1970)| 17 February 2005| 12 January 2008| 2 years, 329 days| HDZ| Sanader I

| Rončević, BerislavBerislav Rončević
(born 1960)| 12 January 2008| 10 October 2008| 272 days| HDZ| Sanader II
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| Karamarko, TomislavTomislav Karamarko[a]
(born 1959)| 10 October 2008| 23 December 2011| 272 days| Independent
HDZ| Sanader II
Kosor
11|

| Ostojić, RankoRanko Ostojić*
(born 1962)| 23 December 2011| 22 January 2016| 4 years, 30 days| SDP| Milanović
12|

| Orepić, VlahoVlaho Orepić [hr]
(born 1968)| 22 January 2016| 27 April 2017| 1 year, 95 days| Most| Orešković
Plenković I
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| Božinović, DavorDavor Božinović*
(born 1961)| 9 June 2017| Incumbent| 8 years, 22 days| HDZ| Plenković I–II–III

(*) Ministers of Internal Affairs who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.

### Notes

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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

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The 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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Ministry headquarters in Zagreb

* 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

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Main article: Law enforcement in Croatia

The 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

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1. ^ Blažević, Robert (2015): Upravna znanost, p. 284. ISBN 9789538034039
"...(on day 19. February 2015)."
2. ^ "Državni proračun 2015. godina - Republika Hrvatska - Ministarstvo financija". Mfin.hr. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
3. ^ "Karamarko ušao u HDZ bez odobrenja Visokog časnog suda". Večernji list. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
4. ^ "Ministry of the Interior". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
5. ^ "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)
6. ^ "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)

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Interior ministers of Croatia

* Josip Boljkovac (1990–91)
* Onesin Cvitan (1991)
* Ivan Vekić (1991–92)
* Ivan Jarnjak (1992–96)
* Ivan Penić (1996–2000)
* Šime Lučin (2000–03)
* Marijan Mlinarić (2003–05)
* Ivica Kirin (2005–08)
* Berislav Rončević (2008)
* Tomislav Karamarko (2008–11)
* Ranko Ostojić (2011–16)
* Vlaho Orepić (2016–17)
* Davor Božinović (2017–)

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