Ministry of Interior (Kuwait)

The Ministry of Interior (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية الكويتية) is one of the governmental bodies of Kuwait. Its minister in charge is a member of the Cabinet of Kuwait and the current minister of interior is Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.[1]

Ministry of Interior
Logo of the Ministry of Interior
Ministerial Department overview
Formed17 January 1962 (1962-01-17)
Preceding Ministerial Department
JurisdictionGovernment of Kuwait
HeadquartersKuwait City
Mottoالله والوطن والامير
God, Country and The Emir
Minister responsible
Child agencies
  • Office of the Minister of Interior
  • Office of the Interior Undersecretary
    • Military Offices of the Assistant Undersecretaries of the Kuwait Police
    • Offices of the Assistant Undersecretaries of the Kuwait Police
Websitewww.moi.gov.kw

History from 1928

The early organization which dealt with internal affairs was the Directorate of Public Security Force, formed during the Interwar period in 1938 by Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and mainly taking effect following World War II. Prior to 1938, internal security was dependent on the Defense Security Forces which were headed by Sheikh Ali Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. Following the Battle of Al-Regeai, command of the Defense and Security Forces was assigned to Shiekh Abdullah Jaber Al-Abdullah II Al-Sabah, who was appointed by Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and was commanding from 1928 to 1938.

Defense and interior command prior to 1961

Battle General Commanders of Defense and Security Forces (1928–1938)
#NameRankTenure FromTenure UntilNote
1Sheikh Ali Salem Al-Mubarak Al-SabahGeneral Cavalry Commander19211928killed during the Battle of Al-Regeai. Ali Al Salem Air Base is named after him.
2Sheikh Abdullah Jaber Al-Abdullah II Al-SabahGeneral Cavalry Commander19281938 pioneer in the early stages of the Military of Kuwait.[2][3][4]

Directors of the Directorate of Public Security Force, Directorate of Police, Kuwait Army (1938–1962)

The Kuwait Army split from the Directorate of Public Security Force in 1953; subsequently, the latter merged with Directorate of Police to form Directorate of Public Security and Police in 1959; following the demolition of the defensive wall of Kuwait in 1957 which later formed the Kuwait Ministry of Interior including the Kuwait Police.

Directors of the Directorate of Public Security Force, Directorate of Police and Kuwait Army
#NameRankTenure FromTenure UntilNote
1Sheikh Ali Khalifa Al-Abdullah II Al-Sabah
General Commander
19381942Lead Cavalry Commander during the Battle of Jahra and the Battle of Al-Regeai
2Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah
Field Marshal
19421961General Commander of Kuwait Army and Directorate of Public Security Force (1942-1961) until the two split in 1953.
Founder and patron of the Kuwaiti Army and Kuwaiti Air Force.
Field Marshal of Kuwait Army, Kuwait Air Force (1949-1961) prior to the forming of the Chief of the General Staff of Kuwait Armed Forces in (1963)
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base is named after him.

Directors of the Directorate of Public Security Force and Directorate of Police (1959)
#NameRankTenure FromTenure UntilNote
1Sabah Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
President
19531959Pioneer in the early formings of the Directorate of Police since 1938.
12th Ruler and 2nd Emir of Kuwait.
2Saad Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
General Commander
19611962 General Commander of the Directorate of the Public Security Force and Directorate of Police.
First military officer to head the Kuwait Ministry of Defense since 1964.
First military officer to head the Kuwait Ministry of Interior since 1962.

Deputy Directors of the Directorate of Public Security Force, Directorate of Police and Kuwait Army (1938–1962)

In 1953 and aside of the Police Directorate; the Kuwait Army split from the Directorate of Public Security Force which gave rise to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defense following the country's independence.

Deputy Directors of the Directorate of Public Security Force, Directorate of Police and Kuwait Army (1938–1962)
#NameRankTenure FromTenure UntilNote
1Sheikh Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-SabahDeputy Commander19381942
2Sheikh Saad Abdullah Al-Salem Al-SabahDeputy Commander19591961Deputy Commander of the Directorate of Police in 1959.
Deputy Commander of Directorate of Public Security Force and Directorate of Police in 1959.

Deputy Commander of the Kuwait Army (1953–1954)
#NameRankTenure FromTenure UntilNote
1Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-SabahCaptain19531954Deputy commander of Kuwait Army (1954-1963) partnering Directorate of Public Security Force until 1953.
Founder and patron of Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade in 1960.
1st Chief of the General Staff of the Kuwait Armed Forces in 1963.
The Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College is named after him.

List of ministers of interior and deputy prime ministers (1962–present)

The ministers of interior of Kuwait since 1962:[5]

#NameTitleInterior Tenure FromInterior Tenure UntilNote
1Saad Abdullah Al-Salem Al-SabahDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior17 January 196216 February 197814th Ruler and 4th Emir of Kuwait (2006), The Father Emir.

Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences, which is in charge of training personnel of the Kuwait Police, is named after him.[6]

2Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior16 February 197818 March 197815th Ruler and 5th Emir of Kuwait (2006–2020).
3Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior19 March 197812 July 1986Crown Prince of Kuwait (2006–2020), 16th Ruler and 6th Emir of Kuwait.
4Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-SabahDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior26 January 198820 June 1990
5Sheikh Ahmad Al Homoud Al SabahDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior20 April 199117 October 1992
6Sheikh Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-SabahDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior13 April 199415 October 1996 Ali Al-Sabah Military College, which is in charge of training personnel of the Kuwait Armed Forces, is named after him.
7Mohammad Al Khalid Al SabahDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior15 October 199613 July 2003
8Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior13 July 20039 February 2006Crown Prince of Kuwait (2006–2020).
9Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-SabahDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior9 February 200628 October 2007Prime Minister of Kuwait (2011–2019).
10Sheikh Jaber Al Khaled Al Sabah[7]Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior28 October 20076 February 2011Chief of the General Staff of Kuwait Armed Forces (1992-1993) following the Gulf War.
11Sheikh Ahmad Al Homoud Al SabahDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior6 February 20114 August 2013
12Mohammad Al Khalid Al Sabah[8]Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior4 August 201310 December 2016
13Khaled Al Jarrah Al SabahDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior11 December 201618 November 2019 (ret) Lieutenant General and Chief of the General Staff of the Kuwait Armed Forces (2012–2013)
14Anas Khalid Al SalehDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior17 December 201914 December 2020
15Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-SabahMinister of Interior14 December 202014 November 2021[9][10] Acting Minister until 27 December 2021
16Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-SabahDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior28 December 202116 February 2022[11]
17Dr. Mohammad Abdullatif Al-FaresMinister of Interior (Acting)[12]17 February 20228 March 2022[13]
18Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-SabahFirst Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior9 March 202224 July 2022Retired General[1]
19 Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Acting Minister of Interior 27 July 2022[14] 2 October, 2022
20 First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior 16 October 2022 Present

Organization and activities

The major responsibilities of the ministry are public security, and law and order.[15] The major internal security organization under the ministry is the national police.[15] The ministry is also responsible for managing the election process together with the ministry of justice.[16]

The ministry has 48 service centers and 62 police stations in Capital, Farwaniya, Jahra, Hawalli, Ahmadi, and Mubarak Al Kabir regions across Kuwait.[17][18] In 2008, a rehabilitation center was launched in the ministry in order to deal with those Kuwaiti citizens holding radical religious views.[19] The ministry established special teams consisting of members of non-governmental organizations to eliminate vote-buying before the 2012 general elections.[20]

References
  1. "Amiri Decree for appointing new interior, defense ministers". Kuwait News Agency. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. Kuwait National Guard Archives, Early Defense Cavaly and Infantry led by Sheikh Abdullah Jaber Al-Abdullah II Al-Sabah; Retrieved 3 March 2015 (Arabic Read)
  3. His Highness the Emir sponsors Sheikh Abdullah Jaber Al-Abdullah II Al-Sabah. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  4. Kuwait National Guard Archives, Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah and Sheikh Abdullah Jaber Al-Abdullah II Al-Sabah with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia; Retrieved 4 March 2015
  5. "Nine ministers headed Interior Ministry since Kuwaits independence". KUNA. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  6. Official Website Sector of Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences, Kuwait Ministry of Interior, (in Arabic) retrieved 1 April 2015
  7. "Kuwaiti interior minister resigns over custody death". BBC. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  8. "Kuwait Names New Oil and Finance Ministers, 7 Ruling Family Members". Naharnet. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  9. "Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled presents cabinet line-up to Kuwait Amir". Kuwait News Agency. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  10. "Kuwait Amir issues decree forming new cabinet". Kuwait News Agency. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  11. "Kuwait announces formation of new gov't". Kuwait News Agency. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  12. "Amiri Decree issued accepting resignations of Defense, Interior ministers". Kuwait News Agency. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  13. "Kuwait's emir accepts resignations of defence, interior ministers". Reuters. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  14. SNAA, News (27 July 2022). "Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled appointed as Minister of Interior". Instagram. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  15. "Kuwait-Police and the Criminal Justice System". Mongabay. January 1993. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  16. "Assessment of the Electoral Framework" (PDF). Democracy Reporting International. November 2008. Archived from the original (Report) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  17. "Service Center Locations". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  18. "Police Stations". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  19. "This day in Kuwait's history". KUNA. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  20. "Kuwait: Interior Minister forms teams to fight vote-buying". Kuwait Times via The Voting News. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
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