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.

Ministry of the Interior
Bundesministerium des Innern
Agency overview
Formed1879 as the
"Reich Office of the Interior"
JurisdictionGovernment of Germany
HeadquartersBerlin
Minister responsible
Websitewww.bmi.bund.de

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 Secretaries
NoNameLife dataTerm startTerm endParty
1Gustav Heinemann1899-197620 September 194911 October 1950CDU
2Robert Lehr1883-195611 October 195020 October 1953CDU
3Gerhard Schröder1910-198920 October 195313 November 1961CDU
4Hermann Höcherl1912-198914 November 196125 October 1965CSU
5Paul Lücke1914-197626 October 19652 April 1968CDU
6Ernst Benda1925-20092 April 196821 October 1969CDU
7Hans-Dietrich Genscher1927-201622 October 196916 May 1974FDP
8Werner Maihofer1918-200916 May 19748 June 1978FDP
9Gerhart Baum1932-8 June 197817 September 1982FDP
10Jürgen Schmude1936-17 September 19821 October 1982SPD
11Friedrich Zimmermann1925-20124 October 198221 April 1989CSU
12Wolfgang Schäuble1942-202321 April 198926 November 1991CDU
13Rudolf Seiters1937-26 November 19917 July 1993CDU
14Manfred Kanther1939-7 July 199327 October 1998CDU
15Otto Schily1932-27 October 199822 November 2005SPD
16Wolfgang Schäuble1942-202322 November 200527 October 2009CDU
17Thomas de Maizière1954-28 October 20093 March 2011CDU
18Hans-Peter Friedrich1957-3 March 201117 December 2013CSU
19Thomas de Maizière1954-17 December 201314 March 2018CDU
20Horst Seehofer1949-14 March 20188 December 2021CSU
21Nancy Faeser1970-8 December 2021PresentSPD

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