Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)

The Ministry of the Interior of Germany is a ministry of the federal government. It is based in a brand new building in the Moabit area of Berlin-Mitte. The BMI has a second office in Bonn. It is not the same as the United States Department of the Interior.

The ministry handles affairs about security and police, so it is more like the British Home Office.

Each state also has a ministry of the interior.

Responsibility
The Federal Ministry of the Interior is responsible for the security inside Germany, the protection of the constitution, the public service, the organisation of the public administration, the civil defence, information technology and sports. The BMI also buys motor vehicles for the federal government, and has its own motor vehicle registration office.

Health and Safety Standards 
The various State laws about health and safety do not apply to the Federal Government. Instead the BMI is the with health and safe authoirty for all federal bodies. It keeps the federal accident reigster.

The European Union sometimes complains that this is wrong. It says that the Federal health and safety authority should be independent.

 Agencies under the authority of the BMI 
Bundesausgleichsamt (BAA) Federal Equalization of Burdens Office (helping small states which need to spend a lot of money for some jobs)

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge Federal Office of Migration and Refugees (BAMF)

Bundesakademie für öffentliche Verwaltung Federal Academy for Public Administration (BAköV)

Beschaffungsamt Procurement (buying)office (BeschA)

Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfD)

Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV)

Bundespolizei Federal Police (BPol) (formerly: Bundesgrenzschutz Federal Border Guard (BGS))

Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung Federal Institute for Population Research (BIB)

Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft Federal Institute for Sports Science BISp)

Bundeskriminalamt Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie Federal Office of Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)

Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung Federal Office for Civic Education (bpb)

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik Federal Office of Information Technology Security (BSI)

Bundesverwaltungsamt Federal Administration Office (BVA)

Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)

Schutzkommission beim Bundesminister des Innern Security Commission of the Federal Minister of the Interior

Fachhochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung Federal College for Public Administration (FH bund)

Koordinierungs- und Beratungsstelle der Bundesregierung für Informationstechnik in der Bundesverwaltung Coordination and Advice Centre for Information Technology in the Federal Government (KBSt)

Statistisches Bundesamt Federal Statistical Office (destatis)

Technisches Hilfswerk Emergency relief organisation (THW)

Unabhängige Kommission zur Überprüfung des Vermögens der Parteien und Massenorganisationen der DDR Independent Commission for Checking the Property of the Parties and Mass Organisations of the DDR (UKPV)|

Vertreter des Bundesinteresses beim Bundesverwaltungsgericht Federal Interests Representative at the Federal Administrative Court (VBI)

Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Aussiedlerfragen und nationale Minderheiten Federal Ombudsman for Resettled Persons and National Minorities

Bundesanstalt für den Digitalfunk der Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben Federal Agency for Digital Radio of Security Authorities and Organizations(BDBOS.)

 Federal Ministers of the Interior 
German Home SecretariesNoName Life dataTerm startTerm endParty1Gustav Heinemann 1899-197620 September  194911 October 1950CDU2Robert Lehr 1883-195611 October 195020 October 1953CDU3Gerhard Schröder 1910-198920 October 195313 November 1961CDU4Hermann Höcherl 1912-198914 November 196125 October 1965CSU5Paul Lücke 1914-197626 October 19652 April 1968CDU6Ernst Benda 1925-20092 April 196821 October 1969CDU7Hans-Dietrich Genscher 1927-201622 October 196916 May 1974FDP8Werner Maihofer 1918-200916 May 19748 June 1978FDP9Gerhart Baum 1932-8 June 197817 September 1982FDP10Jürgen Schmude 1936-17 September 19821 October 1982SPD11Friedrich Zimmermann 1925-20124 October 198221 April 1989CSU12Wolfgang Schäuble 1942-202321 April 198926 November 1991CDU13Rudolf Seiters 1937-26 November 19917 July 1993CDU14Manfred Kanther 1939-7 July 199327 October 1998CDU15Otto Schily 1932-27 October 199822 November 2005SPD16Wolfgang Schäuble 1942-202322 November 200527 October 2009CDU17Thomas de Maizière 1954-28 October 20093 March 2011CDU18Hans-Peter Friedrich 1957-3 March 201117 December 2013CSU19Thomas de Maizière 1954-17 December 201314 March 2018CDU20Horst Seehofer 1949-14 March 20188 December 2021CSU21Nancy Faeser 1970-8 December 20216 May 2025SPD22Alexander Dobrindt 1970-6 May 2025PresentCSU

 Other websites 
Official web site of the Federal Ministry of the Interior

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