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An interior ministry (sometimes ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, emergency management, national security, civil defence, supervision of local governments, conduct of elections, public administration and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or a minister of home affairs.
In some countries, police and security are controlled by a separated ministry. For example, Greece's Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection and Minister of Public Security of Israel. Other countries have also different tasks being entitled to the namely Ministry of the Interior. Not always reflects the naming of the ministry the portfolio behind. For example, Ethiopia's Ministry of Peace has the classical portfolio of an interior ministry but is not named so.
This list contains female ministers that had served or currently serving as Minister of Interior, which in charge, mainly of local governments, elections, and public administrations (justice, security, and policing also included if still managed under same ministry).
Name | Image | Country | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Qian Ying | ![]() | ![]() | Asia | 1959 | 1960 | 1 year, 0 days |
Mabel Moir James | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 1966 | 1970 | 4 years, 0 days |
Clara Boscaglia | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 1976 | 1978 | 2 years, 0 days |
Inger Louise Valle | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 8 October 1979 | 3 October 1980 | 361 days |
Kebatshabile Disele | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 1979 | 1984 | 4 years, 0 days |
Harriet Andreassen | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 3 October 1980 | 14 October 1981 | 1 year, 11 days |
Britta Schall Holberg | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 10 September 1982 | 12 March 1986 | 3 years, 183 days |
Kaisa Raatikainen | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 1 December 1984 | 30 April 1987 | 2 years, 150 days |
Rita Sinon | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 1986 | 1989 | 3 years, 0 days |
Margaret Austin | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 8 August 1989 | 4 September 1990 | 1 year, 27 days |
Ien Dales | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 7 November 1989 | 10 January 1994 | 4 years, 64 days |
Lagle Parek | | ![]() | Europe | 21 October 1992 | 27 November 1993 | 1 year, 37 days |
Birte Weiss | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 25 January 1993 | 20 October 1997 | 4 years, 268 days |
Ruth Dreifuss | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 10 March 1993 | 31 December 2002 | 9 years, 296 days |
Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 27 May 1994 | 22 August 1994 | 87 days |
Meral Akşener | ![]() | ![]() | Asia | 8 November 1996 | 30 June 1997 | 234 days |
Laura Chinchilla | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 12 November 1996 | 8 May 1998 | 1 year, 177 days |
30 March 2008 | 14 April 2008 | 15 days | ||||
Yeh Chin-fong | ![]() | ![]() | Asia | 15 May 1997 | 5 February 1998 | 266 days |
Francisca Pereira | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 6 June 1997 | 3 December 1998 | 1 year, 180 days |
Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 17 October 1997 | 16 March 1999 | 1 year, 150 days |
Ana Lucía Armijos | ![]() | ![]() | South America | 10 August 1998 | 15 February 1999 | 189 days |
Rosa Russo Iervolino | | ![]() | Europe | 21 October 1998 | 22 December 1999 | 1 year, 62 days |
Vasso Papandreou | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 19 February 1999 | 20 March 2000 | 1 year, 30 days |
13 April 2000 | 24 October 2001 | 1 year, 194 days | ||||
Dosta Dimovska | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 22 December 1999 | 13 May 2001 | 1 year, 142 days |
Francesca Michelotti | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 2000 | 25 June 2002 | 2 years, 175 days |
Karen Jespersen | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 23 February 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 1 year, 277 days |
Sylvia Brustad | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 21 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 212 days |
Chang Po-ya | ![]() | ![]() | Asia | 20 May 2000 | 1 February 2001 | 257 days |
Urmila Joella-Sewnundun | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 12 August 2000 | 12 August 2005 | 5 years, 0 days |
Vera Sofia Rubi | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 2001 | 27 January 2002 | 1 year, 26 days |
Mia Mottley | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 28 August 2001 | 18 February 2006 | 4 years, 174 days |
Erna Solberg | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 19 October 2001 | 17 October 2005 | 3 years, 363 days |
Sarah Flood-Beaubrun | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 11 December 2001 | 12 January 2004 | 2 years, 32 days |
Mónika Lamperth | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 27 May 2002 | 30 June 2007 | 5 years, 34 days |
Emma Rossi | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 25 June 2002 | 17 December 2002 | 175 days |
Cristina Fontes Lima | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 19 October 2002 | 3 April 2004 | 1 year, 167 days |
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 29 April 2004 | 21 April 2009 | 4 years, 357 days |
Liese Prokop | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 22 December 2004 | 31 December 2006 | 2 years, 9 days |
Rosalia Nghidinwa | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 21 March 2005 | 4 December 2012 | 7 years, 258 days |
Anne McLellan | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 4 April 2005 | 6 February 2006 | 308 days |
Adriana Delpiano | ![]() | ![]() | South America | 9 May 2005 | 24 May 2005 | 15 days |
Gail Teixeira | ![]() | ![]() | South America | 31 May 2005 | 8 September 2006 | 1 year, 100 days |
Anna Kachikho | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 31 July 2005 | 1 June 2006 | 305 days |
Åslaug Haga | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 17 October 2005 | 21 September 2007 | 1 year, 339 days |
Alicia Muñoz | ![]() | ![]() | South America | 22 January 2006 | 23 January 2007 | 1 year, 1 day |
Olga Gólcher | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 28 January 2006 | 1 September 2007 | 1 year, 216 days |
Valeria Ciavatta | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 27 July 2006 | 9 July 2008 | 1 year, 348 days |
Pilar Mazzetti | ![]() | ![]() | South America | 28 July 2006 | 23 February 2007 | 210 days |
Gordana Jankuloska | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 26 August 2006 | 12 May 2015 | 8 years, 259 days |
Ana Isabel Morales | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 10 January 2007 | 16 January 2017 | 10 years, 6 days |
Guusje ter Horst | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 22 February 2007 | 23 February 2010 | 3 years, 1 day |
Daisy Tourné | ![]() | ![]() | South America | 8 March 2007 | 5 June 2009 | 2 years, 89 days |
Adela de Torrebiarte | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 27 March 2007 | 1 July 2008 | 1 year, 96 days |
Anne Holmlund | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 19 April 2007 | 22 June 2011 | 4 years, 64 days |
Michèle Alliot-Marie | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 18 May 2007 | 23 June 2009 | 2 years, 36 days |
Jacqui Smith | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 28 June 2007 | 5 June 2009 | 1 year, 342 days |
Ma Wen | ![]() | ![]() | Asia | 30 August 2007 | 16 March 2013 | 5 years, 198 days |
Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 21 September 2007 | 20 October 2009 | 2 years, 29 days |
Mirjana Orašanin | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 26 January 2008 | 7 July 2008 | 163 days |
Janina del Vecchio Ugalde | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 14 April 2008 | 8 May 2010 | 2 years, 24 days |
Maria Fekter | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 1 July 2008 | 21 April 2011 | 2 years, 294 days |
Katarina Kresal | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 24 November 2008 | 19 August 2011 | 2 years, 268 days |
Sahara Khatun | ![]() | ![]() | Asia | 6 January 2009 | 15 September 2012 | 3 years, 253 days |
Janet Napolitano | | ![]() | North America | 21 January 2009 | 6 September 2013 | 4 years, 228 days |
Sandra Pierantozzi | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 21 January 2009 | 19 April 2010 | 1 year, 88 days |
Mercedes Cabanillas | ![]() | ![]() | South America | 19 February 2009 | 11 July 2009 | 142 days |
Linda Abu Meri | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 12 March 2009 | 17 February 2011 | 1 year, 342 days |
Karen Ellemann | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 7 April 2009 | 23 February 2010 | 322 days |
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 22 April 2009 | 3 October 2012 | 3 years, 164 days |
Annemie Turtelboom | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 17 July 2009 | 6 December 2011 | 2 years, 142 days |
Cécile Manorohanta | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 7 September 2009 | 26 March 2011 | 1 year, 200 days |
Liv Signe Navarsete | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 20 October 2009 | 16 October 2013 | 3 years, 361 days |
Adja Satú Camará | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 28 October 2009 | 27 August 2011 | 1 year, 303 days |
Roxana Méndez | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 15 April 2010 | 20 August 2012 | 2 years, 127 days |
Theresa May | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 12 May 2010 | 13 July 2016 | 6 years, 62 days |
Theresa Makoni | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 24 June 2010 | 11 September 2013 | 3 years, 79 days |
Marisa Morais | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 18 March 2011 | 22 April 2016 | 5 years, 35 days |
Johanna Mikl-Leitner | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 21 April 2011 | 21 April 2016 | 5 years, 0 days |
Päivi Räsänen | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 22 June 2011 | 29 May 2015 | 3 years, 341 days |
Pelenike Isaia | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 23 September 2011 | 2 August 2013 | 1 year, 313 days |
Margrethe Vestager | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 3 October 2011 | 2 September 2014 | 2 years, 334 days |
Annamaria Cancellieri | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | 1 year, 163 days |
Joëlle Milquet | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 6 December 2011 | 22 July 2014 | 2 years, 228 days |
Amy Adams | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 14 December 2011 | 3 April 2012 | 111 days |
Liesbeth Spies | | ![]() | Europe | 16 December 2011 | 5 November 2012 | 325 days |
Eleni Mavrou | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 20 March 2012 | 28 February 2013 | 345 days |
Eka Zguladze | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 20 September 2012 | 25 October 2012 | 35 days |
Naledi Pandor | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 4 October 2012 | 6 May 2014 | 1 year, 214 days |
Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 4 December 2012 | 1 February 2018 | 5 years, 59 days |
Gülsün Yücel | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 13 June 2013 | 2 September 2013 | 81 days |
Petya Parvanova | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 13 March 2013 | 29 May 2013 | 77 days |
Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 23 May 2013 | 4 December 2014 | 1 year, 195 days |
Charmaine Scotty | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 13 June 2013 | 28 August 2019 | 6 years, 76 days |
Tsandzile Dlamini | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 4 November 2013 | 5 September 2018 | 4 years, 305 days |
Sheikh Hasina | ![]() | ![]() | Asia | 21 November 2013 | Incumbent | 10 years, 224 days |
Sanae Takaichi | ![]() | ![]() | Asia | 3 September 2014 | 3 August 2017 | 2 years, 334 days |
3 August 2017 | 2 October 2018 | 1 year, 60 days | ||||
Vesna Györkös Žnidar | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 18 September 2014 | 13 September 2018 | 3 years, 360 days |
Teresa Piotrowska | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 22 September 2014 | 16 November 2015 | 1 year, 55 days |
Anabela Rodrigues | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 19 November 2014 | 30 October 2015 | 345 days |
Ólöf Nordal | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 4 December 2014 | 11 January 2017 | 2 years, 38 days |
Rumyana Bachvarova | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 11 March 2015 | 27 January 2017 | 1 year, 322 days |
Karen Ellemann | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 28 June 2015 | 28 November 2016 | 1 year, 153 days |
Rose Akol | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 16 November 2015 | Incumbent | 8 years, 229 days |
Constança Urbano de Sousa | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 26 November 2015 | 18 October 2017 | 1 year, 326 days |
Daisy Alik-Momotaro | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 11 January 2016 | 28 January 2016 | 17 days |
Amenta Matthew | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 28 January 2016 | 13 January 2020 | 3 years, 350 days |
Paula Risikko | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 22 June 2016 | 5 February 2018 | 1 year, 228 days |
Amber Rudd | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 13 July 2016 | 29 April 2018 | 1 year, 290 days |
Grace Chiumia | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 6 September 2016 | 24 October 2017 | 1 year, 48 days |
Mitcy Larue | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 29 October 2016 | Incumbent | 7 years, 247 days |
Carmen Daniela Dan | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 4 January 2017 | 15 July 2019 | 2 years, 192 days |
María Amelia Coronel | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 16 January 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 168 days |
Dominique Hasler | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 30 March 2017 | 25 March 2021 | 3 years, 360 days |
Hlengiwe Mkhize | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 31 March 2017 | 17 October 2017 | 200 days |
Elaine Duke | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 31 July 2017 | 6 December 2017 | 128 days |
Ayanda Dlodlo | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 17 October 2017 | 27 February 2018 | 134 days |
Cecilia Chazama | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 24 October 2017 | 7 November 2018 | 1 year, 14 days |
Kajsa Ollongren | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 26 October 2017 | 1 November 2019 | 2 years, 6 days |
14 April 2020 | 10 January 2022 | 1 year, 271 days | ||||
Tracey Martin | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 26 October 2017 | 6 November 2020 | 6 years, 250 days |
Kirstjen Nielsen | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 6 December 2017 | 7 April 2019 | 1 year, 122 days |
ʻAkosita Lavulavu | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 18 January 2018 | 11 April 2018 | 83 days |
Denisa Saková | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 26 April 2018 | 20 March 2020 | 1 year, 329 days |
Losaline Ma'asi | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 26 June 2018 | 21 January 2019 | 209 days |
Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez | ![]() | ![]() | South America | 7 August 2018 | 13 February 2020 | 1 year, 190 days |
María Paula Romo | ![]() | ![]() | South America | 31 August 2018 | 24 November 2020 | 2 years, 85 days |
Muferiat Kamil | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 16 October 2018 | 6 October 2021 | 2 years, 355 days |
Lindiwe Dlamini | ![]() | ![]() | Africa | 2 November 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 243 days |
Katri Raik | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 26 November 2018 | 29 April 2019 | 154 days |
Olga Sánchez Cordero | | ![]() | North America | 1 December 2018 | 26 August 2021 | 2 years, 268 days |
Taina Bofferding | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 5 December 2018 | 17 November 2023 | 4 years, 347 days |
Ingvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 22 January 2019 | 24 January 2020 | 1 year, 2 days |
Raya Haffar El Hassan | ![]() | ![]() | Asia | 31 January 2019 | 21 January 2020 | 355 days |
Elżbieta Witek | | ![]() | Europe | 4 June 2019 | 9 August 2019 | 66 days |
Maria Ohisalo | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 6 June 2019 | 19 November 2021 | 2 years, 166 days |
Astrid Krag | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 27 June 2019 | 21 January 2021 | 1 year, 208 days |
Priti Patel | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 24 July 2019 | 6 September 2022 | 3 years, 44 days |
Rita Tamašunienė | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 7 August 2019 | 7 December 2020 | 1 year, 122 days |
Luciana Lamorgese | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 5 September 2019 | 22 October 2022 | 3 years, 47 days |
Sanae Takaichi | ![]() | ![]() | Asia | 11 September 2019 | 16 September 2020 | 1 year, 5 days |
Alicia Arango | ![]() | ![]() | South America | 13 February 2020 | 22 December 2020 | 313 days |
Janaina Tewaney | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 6 March 2020 | 10 October 2022 | 2 years, 218 days |
Annelies Verlinden | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 1 October 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 275 days |
Jan Tinetti | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 20 November 2020 | 1 February 2023 | 2 years, 73 days |
Agnė Bilotaitė | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 7 December 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 208 days |
Sabine Monauni | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 25 March 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 99 days |
Karen Andrews | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 29 March 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 55 days |
Ayelet Shaked | | ![]() | Asia | 13 June 2021 | 29 December 2022 | 1 year, 199 days |
Alexandra Vela | ![]() | ![]() | South America | 14 July 2021 | 29 March 2022 | 258 days |
Ana Revenco | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 6 August 2021 | 14 July 2023 | 1 year, 342 days |
Arsénia Massingue | ![]() | Africa | 11 November 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 234 days | |
Krista Mikkonen | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 19 November 2021 | 20 June 2023 | 1 year, 213 days |
Nancy Faeser | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 8 December 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 207 days |
Hanke Bruins Slot | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 10 January 2022 | 5 September 2023 | 1 year, 258 days |
Izkia Siches | ![]() | ![]() | America | 11 March 2022 | 6 September 2022 | 179 days |
Tatjana Bobnar | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 1 June 2022 | 14 December 2022 | 196 days |
Clare O'Neil | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 31 days |
Suella Braverman | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 6 September 2022 | 19 October 2022 | 43 days |
25 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | 1 year, 19 days | ||||
Carolina Tohá | ![]() | ![]() | America | 6 September 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 300 days |
Sanja Ajanovič Hovnik Minister pro tempore | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 14 December 2022 | 21 February 2023 | 69 days |
Barbara Edmonds | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 1 February 2023 | 27 November 2023 | 299 days |
Calliope Spanou | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 23 April 2023 | 27 June 2023 | 65 days |
Ester Molné Soldevila | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 17 May 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 46 days |
Luisa María Alcalde Luján | ![]() | ![]() | North America | 20 June 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 12 days |
Mari Rantanen | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 20 June 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 12 days |
Niki Kerameus | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 27 June 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 5 days |
Brooke van Velden | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 27 November 2023 | Incumbent | 218 days |
Élisabeth Baume-Schneider | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 1 January 2024 | Incumbent | 183 days |
Margarida Blasco | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 2 April 2024 | Incumbent | 91 days |
Liu Shyh-fang | ![]() | ![]() | Asia | 20 May 2024 | Incumbent | 43 days |
Judith Uitermark | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 2 July 2024 | Incumbent | 0 days |
Name | Image | Country | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Yevgenia Bosch | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 30 December 1917 | 1 March 1918 | 61 days |
Paula Cox | ![]() | ![]() | America | 10 November 1998 | 29 July 2003 | 4 years, 261 days |
Cathy Jamieson | ![]() | ![]() | Europe | 21 May 2003 | 17 May 2007 | 3 years, 361 days |
Lilian Boyce | ![]() | ![]() | America | 12 February 2009 | 27 March 2009 | 43 days |
Karen Delancy | ![]() | ![]() | America | 27 March 2009 | 14 November 2012 | 3 years, 232 days |
Porsha Stubbs-Smith | ![]() | ![]() | America | 14 November 2012 | 14 November 2015 | 3 years, 0 days |
Amanda Missick | ![]() | ![]() | America | 14 November 2015 | 20 December 2016 | 1 year, 36 days |
Claire Sugden | ![]() | Europe | 25 May 2016 | 26 January 2017 | 246 days | |
Tara Rivers | ![]() | ![]() | America | 6 June 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 26 days |
Rose Toki-Brown Minister of Internal Affairs | ![]() | ![]() | Oceania | 2 June 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 30 days |
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