The Minister of the Interior (full title Ministre de l’Intérieur et de l’Aménagement du Territoire) in France is one of the most important governmental cabinet positions[1], responsible for the following:
- The general interior security of the country, with respect to criminal acts or natural catastrophes
- including the major law-enforcement forces (see Police in France)
- the French National Police
- the French Gendarmerie for most operational purposes
- Civil defence and Security Directorate - Securite Civile
- the sub-directorate of Sapeurs-Pompiers or Firefighters
- including the major law-enforcement forces (see Police in France)
- the granting of identity documents (passports, identity cards) and driving licenses through the network of préfectures;
- relations between the central government and local governments;
- logistics and organization of political elections, at the national and prefectoral levels (but the results of the elections are overseen by the Constitutional Council or the administrative courts);
- all départemental préfets and sub-prefects are subordinate to the Minister of the Interior.
- The Minister of Interior is also Ministre des cultes and is formally consulted in the process of appointment of Catholic diocesan bishops (Briand-Ceretti Agreement).
While the ministry of the Interior supervises police forces, it does not supervise criminal enquiries; criminal enquiries are conducted under the supervision of the judiciary.
The Ministry's headquarters are located on the Place Beauveau, facing the Élysée Palace. "Place Beauveau" is often used as a metonym for the ministry.
The current Minister of the Interior is Brice Hortefeux, who succeeded Michèle Alliot-Marie.
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- ^ It is equivalent to the Interior Ministry of other countries, the Home Office of the United Kingdom, or similar to a combination of the FBI and Homeland Security (United States).
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