Ministry of the Interior (Uruguay)

The Ministry of the 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
Formed22 December 1828 (1828-12-22)
JurisdictionGovernment of Uruguay
HeadquartersMontevideo
MottoLibertad en el Orden (Freedom in the Order)
Minister responsible
WebsiteMinistry 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 Luis Alberto Heber, who has held the position since May 25, 2021.[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:

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

References
  1. "Misión y cometidos". 8 September 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. diaria, la (24 May 2021). "Luis Alberto Heber será el nuevo ministro del Interior y José Luis Falero quedará al frente de Transporte". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. "Ley 19.315". 6 October 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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