Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)

Federal Ministry of the Interior
Bundesministerium des Innern
Agency overview
Formed	1949
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Berlin
Minister responsible	Hans-Peter Friedrich, Federal Minister of the Interior
Agency executive	Ole Schröder, Under-Secretary of State
Website
http://www.bmi.bund.de

BMI in Berlin

BMI in Bonn

The Federal Ministry of the Interior (in German, Bundesministerium des Innern or BMI) is a ministry of the German federal government. Its main office is in Berlin, with a secondary seat in Bonn. The current minister of the interior is Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich.

Responsibilities

The Ministry of the Interior is responsible for internal security and the protection of the constitutional order, for civil protection against disasters and terrorism, for displaced persons, administrative questions, and sports. It is host to the Standing Committee of Interior Ministers and also drafts all passport, identity card, firearms, and explosives legislation. The ministry also houses the Joint Anti-Terrorism Center formed in 2004 which is an information-sharing and analytical forum for all German police and intelligence agencies involved in the fight against terrorism.

Organization

State Secretaries

The minister is supported by two parliamentary state secretaries and two state secretaries who manage the ministry's various departments. One of the latter manages "P", "B", "IS" and "M" departments plus the crisis management cell and the working group on counter-intelligence development. The other supervises "Z", "G", "D", "O", "SP" and "V" departments plus the information technology director, data protection and freedom of information office and the doping task force.

Departments

• "P" Department (Abteilung P) is the ministry’s police department and has two branches: law enforcement and counter-terrorism. It analyses crime control issues and develops concepts and drafts laws to improve law enforcement and crime prevention efforts. It also manages the Federal Criminal Police Office, coordinates police support group deployments and represents federal interests in the sport and security arena. Due to Germany's federal structure, it can only promote internal security and public safety by cooperating with the state police forces and with agencies within the European Union (EU) and beyond.

• "IS" Department (Abteilung IS) is the internal security department that protects the German state against political extremism. It exercises supervisory control over the Federal Office for Constitution Protection, studies extremist groups and can ban them as a final resort. In addition, the department is responsible for the security of classified information and prevention of sabotage and espionage. It also manages civil defense and emergency management efforts at the national level and exercises supervisory control over the Civil Protection Center and Federal Agency for Technical Relief.

• "B" Department (Abteilung B) supervises and manages German Federal Police operations.

• "M" Department (Abteilung M) is responsible for immigration, integration, refugees and European harmonisation.

• "Z" Department (Abteilung Z) is the central office.

• "G" Department (Abteilung G) is responsible for policy, Europe and international developments

• "D" Department (Abteilung D) is responsible for the civil service.

• "O" Department (Abteilung O) is responsible for administrative modernisation and organisation.

• "SP" Department (Abteilung SP) is responsible for sport.

• "V" Department (Abteilung V) is responsible for constitutional, state, administrative and European law.

Special agencies

Name	Abbrev.	Translation
Bundesausgleichsamt	BAA	Federal Equalization of Burdens Office
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge	BAMF	Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
Bundesakademie für öffentliche Verwaltung	BAköV	Federal Academy of Public Administration
Beschaffungsamt	BeschA	Procurement Agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior
Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit	BfDI	Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz	BfV	Federal Agency for the Protection of the Constitution
Bundespolizei	BPOL	Federal Police
Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung	BiB	Federal Institute for Population Research
Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft	BISp	Federal Institute of Sport Science
Bundeskriminalamt	BKA	Federal Criminal Police Office
Bundesamt für Kartografie und Geodäsie	BKG	Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung	BpB	Federal Agency for Civic Education
Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik	BSI	Federal Office for Information Security
Bundesverwaltungsamt	BVA	Federal Office of Administration
Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe	BBK	Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance
Schutzkommission beim Bundesministerium des Innern	SchK	Scientific Advisory Board on Civil Defense and Disaster Protection
Fachhochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung	FH Bund	Federal Public Administration College
Koordinierungs- und Beratungsstelle der Bundesregierung für Informationstechnik in der Bundesverwaltung	KBSt
Statistisches Bundesamt destatis	StBA	Federal Statistical Office
Technisches Hilfswerk	THW	Federal Agency for Technical Relief
Unabhängige Kommission zur Überprüfung des Vermögens der Parteien und Massenorganisationen der DDR	UKPV	Independent Commission for the Review of Assets of Parties and Mass Organisation of the GDR
Vertreterin des Bundesinteresses beim Bundesverwaltungsgericht	VBI
Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Aussiedlerfragen und nationale Minderheiten
Bundesanstalt für den Digitalfunk der Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben	BDBOS	Federal Agency for Emergency Service Digital Radio

Ministers of the Interior

Presidents of the Reich Chancellery, 1871-1879

• Rudolf von Delbrück 1871-1876
• Karl von Hofmann 1876-1879

Secretaries of State for the Interior, 1879-1919

• Karl von Hofmann 1879-1880
• Karl Heinrich von Bötticher 1880-1897
• Count Arthur Adolf von Posadowsky-Wehner 1897-1907
• Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg 1907-1909
• Klemens Delbrück 1909-1916
• Karl Helfferich 1916-1917
• Max Wallraf 1917-1918
• Karl Trimborn 1918
• Hugo Preuß 1918-1919

Reich Ministers of the Interior, 1919-1945

Weimar Republic 1919-1933

• Hugo Preuß (DDP) 1919
• Eduard David (SPD) 1919
• Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) 1919-1921
• Georg Gradnauer (SPD) 1921
• Adolf Köster (SPD) 1921-1922
• Rudolf Oeser (DDP) 1922-1923
• Wilhelm Sollmann (SPD) 1923
• Karl Jarres (DVP) 1923-1925
• Martin Schiele (DNVP) 1925
• Otto Geßler (DDP) 1925-1926
• Wilhelm Külz (DDP) 1926-1927
• Walter von Keudell (DNVP) 1927-1928
• Carl Severing (SPD) 1928-1930
• Joseph Wirth (Z) 1930-1931
• Wilhelm Groener 1931-1932
• Wilhelm von Gayl (DNVP) 1932
• Franz Bracht 1932-1933

Nazi Germany 1933-1945

• Wilhelm Frick (NSDAP) 1933-1943
• Heinrich Himmler (NSDAP) 1943-1945
• Paul Giesler (NSDAP) 1945
• Wilhelm Stuckart (NSDAP) 1945

Federal Ministers of the Interior since 1949

• Gustav Heinemann (CDU) 1949-1950
• Robert Lehr (CDU) 1950-1953
• Gerhard Schröder (CDU) 1953-1961
• Hermann Höcherl (CSU) 1961-1965
• Paul Lücke (CDU) 1965-1968
• Ernst Benda (CDU) 1968-1969
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) 1969-1974
• Werner Maihofer (FDP) 1974-1978
• Gerhart Baum (FDP) 1978-1982
• Jürgen Schmude (SPD) 1982
• Friedrich Zimmermann (CSU) 1982-1989
• Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) 1989-1991
• Rudolf Seiters (CDU) 1991-1993
• Manfred Kanther (CDU) 1993-1998
• Otto Schily (SPD) 1998-2005
• Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) 2005-2009
• Thomas de Maizière (CDU) 2009-2011
• Hans-Peter Friedrich, (CSU) 2011–

External links

• Official site

Coordinates: 52°31′26″N 13°20′50″E / 52.52389°N 13.34722°E / 52.52389; 13.34722