Ministry of the Interior (Uruguay)

The Ministry of the Interior (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior) of Uruguay is 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
Formed	22 December 1828 (1828-12-22)
Jurisdiction	Government of Uruguay
Headquarters	Montevideo
Motto	Libertad en el Orden (Freedom in the Order)
Minister responsible	Nicolás Martinelli
Website	Ministry 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 Nicolás Martinelli who has held the position since November 6, 2023.^[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

List of ministers for the interior of Uruguay since 1943:

Period	Minister	Party
1943–1944	Héctor Gerona	Colorado Party
1944–1947	Juan Carbajal Victorica
1947–1948	Giordano B. Eccher
1948–1949	Alberto Zubiría
1949–1950	José L. Peña
1950	Alfredo Zubiría
1950–1951	Dardo Regules
1951–1952	Juan Francisco Guinchon
1952–1955	Antonio Gustavo Fusco
1955–1956	Francisco Gamarra
1956–1958	Alberto Abdala
1958–1959	Héctor Grauert
1959–1960	Pedro B. Berro	National Party
1960	Carlos V. Puig (interino)
1960–1963	Nicolás Storace Arrosa
1963–1965	Felipe Gil
1965–1966	Adolfo Tejera
1966–1967	Nicolás Storace Arrosa
1967–1968	Augusto Legnani	Colorado Party
1968	Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga
1968–1969	Alfredo Lepro
1969–1970	Pedro W. Cersósimo
1970–1971	Antonio Francese	Coorp.
1971	Santiago de Brum Carbajal	Colorado Party
1971–1972	Danilo Sena
1972	Alejandro Rovira	Colorado Party
1972–1973	Walter Ravenna	Dictatorship
1973–1974	Cnel. Néstor Bolentini
1974–1979	Gral. Hugo Linares Brum
1979–1981	Tte. Gral. Manuel Núñez
1981–1983	Gral. Yamandú Trinidad
1983–1984	Gral. Hugo Linares Brum
1984–1985	Gral. Julio C. Rapela
1985–1986	Carlos Manini Ríos	Colorado Party
1986–1989	Antonio Marchesano
1989	Francisco Forteza (hijo)
1989–1990	Flavio Buscasso
1990–1993	Juan Andrés Ramírez	National Party
1993–1994	Raúl Iturria
1994–1995	Ángel María Gianola
1995–1998	Didier Opertti	Colorado Party
1998	Luis Hierro López
1998–2004	Guillermo Stirling
2004	Daniel Borrelli
2004–2005	Alejo Fernández Cháves
2005–2007	José Díaz	Broad Front
2007–2009	Daisy Tourné
2009–2010	Jorge Bruni
2010–2020	Eduardo Bonomi
2020-2021	Jorge Larrañaga	National Party
2021-2023	Luis Alberto Héber
2023-Incumbent	Nicolás Martinelli

References

1. "Misión y cometidos". 8 September 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
2. "¿Quiénes son los ministros nombrados por Lacalle Pou? | La Mañana" (in Spanish). 8 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
3. "Ley 19.315". 6 October 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

External links

• Uruguayan Ministry of Interior (in Spanish only)