page_title: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Building of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. ქართული: საქართველოს შინაგან საქმეთა სამინისტროს შენობა.
context_page_description: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, abbreviated MIA, is a state law enforcement agency of Georgia. Its main office is in Tbilisi. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia is the Head of which is a member of the Government. The Ministry is accountable to the Government and fulfills the tasks imposed by it or the Prime Minister. Since November 13, 2017 the Minister of Internal Affairs is Mr. Giorgi Gakharia.
context_section_description: After gaining independence on May 26, 1918 on the National Council meeting the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia was formed. Its main tasks included fighting counter-revolutionary rallies and Bolshevik propaganda, combating embezzlement of public funds, etc. On February 25, 1921, with the help of Russia, the Georgian Bolsheviks overthrew the legitimate Menshevik government of Georgia. Since this day, the independent Ministry of Internal Affairs was disbanded. By the Decision of Georgian Revolutionary Committee of March 6, 1921, the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of Georgia was established. On August 8, 1941, by the Decree of the Presidium of Supreme Council of Georgian SSR, the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs and the People's Commissariat of State Security have merged into People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs. On April 15, 1953, the Supreme Council of Georgian SSR adopted a law on Transformation of state ministries of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Georgia. According to the new law, the State Security Ministry merged into the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgian SSR. On April 10, 1954, by the Decree of the Presidium of Supreme Council of Georgian SSR, the State Security Committee (KGB) under the Council of Ministers of the Georgian SSR was founded. On September 18, 1962, under the Decree of the Supreme Council of Georgian SSR, the Ministry of Internal affairs of Georgian SSR has become the republican Ministry of Public Safety. On November 19, 1968, it recovered its old name – the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 
  Since the introduction of extensive reforms of Georgian law enforcement in 2003, the Ministry of State Security merged into the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Based on the reforms implemented during 2015, organizational and institutional separation of police and state security services was carried out. An Independent State Security Service was formed.
caption: Building of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
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