Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)

The Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (German: Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat, German pronunciation: [ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊm dɛs ˈɪnəʁn ʊnt fyːɐ̯ ˈhaɪ̯maːt] , abbreviated BMI, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its main office is in Berlin, with a secondary seat in Bonn. The current minister is Nancy Faeser. It is comparable to the British Home Office or a combination of the US Department of Homeland Security and the US Department of Justice, because both manage several law enforcement agencies. The BMI is tasked with the internal security of Germany. To fulfill this responsibility it maintains, among other agencies, the two biggest federal law enforcement agencies in Germany, the Federal Police (including the GSG 9) and the Federal Criminal Police Office. It is also responsible for the federal domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community
Bundesministerium des Innern (BMI)
Agency overview
Formed24 December 1879 (1879-12-24) as the Reichsamt des Inneren
23 May 1949 (1949-05-23) in the current form
JurisdictionGovernment of Germany
HeadquartersAlt-Moabit 140
10557 Berlin
52°31′17″N 13°21′44″E
Employees60,000 (subordinate agencies)
1,500 (ministry)
Annual budget18.458 billion (2021)
Minister responsible
  • Nancy Faeser, Federal Minister of the Interior and for Community
Agency executives
  • Mahmut Özdemir, Parliamentary State Secretary
  • Johann Saathoff, Parliamentary State Secretary
  • Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parliamentary State Secretary
Child agencies
Websitehttps://www.bmi.bund.de/EN/home/home_node.html
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