Ministry of the Interior (Uruguay)

The Ministry of the Interior of Uruguay 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.[1]

Ministry of the Interior
Ministerio del Interior
Ministry overview
Formed22 December 1828 (1828-12-22)
JurisdictionUruguay
HeadquartersMontevideo
Minister responsible
Parent departmentGovernment of Uruguay
WebsiteMinistry of the Interior

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 Barrio Centro, Montevideo. The current Minister of the Interior is Jorge Larrañaga, who has held the position since 1 March 2020.[2]

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

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.[3]

List of Ministers of the Interior

List of Minister for the Interior of Uruguay since 1943:

PeriodMinisterParty
1943–1944Héctor GeronaColorado Party
1944–1947Juan Carbajal VictoricaColorado Party
1947–1948Giordano B. EccherColorado Party
1948–1949Alberto ZubiríaColorado Party
1949–1950José L. PeñaColorado Party
1950Alfredo ZubiríaColorado Party
1950–1951Dardo RegulesColorado Party
1951–1952Juan Francisco GuinchonColorado Party
1952–1955Antonio Gustavo FuscoColorado Party
1955–1956Francisco GamarraColorado Party
1956–1958Alberto AbdalaColorado Party
1958–1959Héctor GrauertColorado Party
1959–1960Pedro B. BerroNational Party
1960Carlos V. Puig (interino)National Party
1960–1963Nicolás Storace ArrosaNational Party
1963–1965Felipe GilNational Party
1965–1966Adolfo TejeraNational Party
1966–1967Nicolás Storace ArrosaNational Party
1967–1968Augusto LegnaniColorado Party
1968Eduardo Jiménez de AréchagaColorado Party
1968–1969Alfredo LeproColorado Party
1969–1970Pedro W. CersósimoColorado Party
1970–1971Antonio FranceseCoorp.
1971Santiago de Brum CarbajalColorado Party
1971–1972Danilo Sena
1972Alejandro RoviraColorado Party
1972–1973Walter RavennaDictatorship
1973–1974Cnel. Néstor BolentiniDictatorship
1974–1979Gral. Hugo Linares BrumDictatorship
1979–1981Tte. Gral. Manuel NúñezDictatorship
1981–1983Gral. Yamandú TrinidadDictatorship
1983–1984Gral. Hugo Linares BrumDictatorship
1984–1985Gral. Julio C. RapelaDictatorship
1985–1986Carlos Manini RíosColorado Party
1986–1989Antonio MarchesanoColorado Party
1989Francisco Forteza (hijo)Colorado Party
1989–1990Flavio BuscassoColorado Party
1990–1993Juan Andrés RamírezNational Party
1993–1994Raúl IturriaNational Party
1994–1995Ángel María GianolaNational Party
1995–1998Didier OperttiColorado Party
1998Luis Hierro LópezColorado Party
1998–2004Guillermo StirlingColorado Party
2004Daniel BorrelliColorado Party
2004–2005Alejo Fernández ChávesColorado Party
2005–2007José DíazBroad Front
2007–2009Daisy TournéBroad Front
2009–2010Jorge BruniBroad Front
2010–2020Eduardo BonomiBroad Front
2020-Incumbent Jorge Larrañaga National Party

References
  1. "Misión y cometidos". 8 September 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. "Nuevos secretarios de Estado firmaron Libro de Actas ante el flamante presidente, Luis Lacalle Pou - Presidencia de la República". www.presidencia.gub.uy. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. "Ley 19.315". 6 October 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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