The Ministry of the Interior () of Uruguay is 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.
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 Central Montevideo.
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 Dirección Nacional de Migración: National Directorate of Migration
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.
List of ministers
List of ministers for the interior of Uruguay since 1943:
Period Minister Party 1943–1944 Héctor Gerona Colorado Party 1944–1947 Juan Carbajal Victorica 1947–1948 Giordano B. Eccher 1948–1949 Alberto Zubiría 1949–1950 José L. Peña 1950 Alfredo Zubiría 1950–1951 Dardo Regules 1951–1952 Juan Francisco Guinchon 1952–1955 Antonio Gustavo Fusco 1955–1956 Francisco Gamarra 1956–1958 Alberto Abdala 1958–1959 Héctor Grauert 1959–1960 Pedro B. Berro National Party 1960 Carlos V. Puig (interino) 1960–1963 Nicolás Storace Arrosa 1963–1965 Felipe Gil 1965–1966 Adolfo Tejera 1966–1967 Nicolás Storace Arrosa 1967–1968 Augusto LegnaniColorado Party 1968 Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga 1968–1969 Alfredo Lepro 1969–1970 Pedro W. Cersósimo 1970–1971 Antonio Francese Coorp. 1971 Santiago de Brum CarbajalColorado Party 1971–1972 Danilo Sena 1972 Alejandro Rovira Colorado Party 1972–1973 Walter Ravenna Dictatorship 1973–1974 Cnel. Néstor Bolentini 1974–1979 Gral. Hugo Linares Brum 1979–1981 Tte. Gral. Manuel Núñez 1981–1983 Gral. Yamandú Trinidad 1983–1984 Gral. Hugo Linares Brum 1984–1985 Gral. Julio C. Rapela 1985–1986 Carlos Manini RíosColorado Party 1986–1989 Antonio Marchesano 1989 Francisco Forteza (hijo) 1989–1990 Flavio Buscasso 1990–1993 Juan Andrés Ramírez National Party 1993–1994 Raúl Iturria 1994–1995 Ángel María Gianola 1995–1998 Didier Opertti Colorado Party 1998 Luis Hierro López 1998–2004 Guillermo Stirling 2004 Daniel Borrelli 2004–2005 Alejo Fernández Cháves 2005–2007 José DíazBroad Front 2007–2009 Daisy Tourné 2009–2010 Jorge Bruni 2010–2020 Eduardo Bonomi 2020-2021 Jorge Larrañaga National Party 2021-2023 Luis Alberto Héber 2023-2025 Nicolás Martinelli2025-IncumbentCarlos NegroBroad Front
References
External links Uruguayan Ministry of Interior (in Spanish only)