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
Formed	1879 as the "Reich Office of the Interior"
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Berlin
Minister responsible	Nancy Faeser Bundesminister des Innern
Website	www.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
No	Name	Life data	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Gustav Heinemann	1899-1976	20 September 1949	11 October 1950	CDU
2	Robert Lehr	1883-1956	11 October 1950	20 October 1953	CDU
3	Gerhard Schröder	1910-1989	20 October 1953	13 November 1961	CDU
4	Hermann Höcherl	1912-1989	14 November 1961	25 October 1965	CSU
5	Paul Lücke	1914-1976	26 October 1965	2 April 1968	CDU
6	Ernst Benda	1925-2009	2 April 1968	21 October 1969	CDU
7	Hans-Dietrich Genscher	1927-2016	22 October 1969	16 May 1974	FDP
8	Werner Maihofer	1918-2009	16 May 1974	8 June 1978	FDP
9	Gerhart Baum	1932-	8 June 1978	17 September 1982	FDP
10	Jürgen Schmude	1936-	17 September 1982	1 October 1982	SPD
11	Friedrich Zimmermann	1925-2012	4 October 1982	21 April 1989	CSU
12	Wolfgang Schäuble	1942-2023	21 April 1989	26 November 1991	CDU
13	Rudolf Seiters	1937-	26 November 1991	7 July 1993	CDU
14	Manfred Kanther	1939-	7 July 1993	27 October 1998	CDU
15	Otto Schily	1932-	27 October 1998	22 November 2005	SPD
16	Wolfgang Schäuble	1942-2023	22 November 2005	27 October 2009	CDU
17	Thomas de Maizière	1954-	28 October 2009	3 March 2011	CDU
18	Hans-Peter Friedrich	1957-	3 March 2011	17 December 2013	CSU
19	Thomas de Maizière	1954-	17 December 2013	14 March 2018	CDU
20	Horst Seehofer	1949-	14 March 2018	8 December 2021	CSU
21	Nancy Faeser	1970-	8 December 2021	Present	SPD

Other websites

• Official web site of the Federal Ministry of the Interior