Ministry of the Interior (Croatia)

Ministry of Interior of the
Republic of Croatia
Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova; Republike Hrvatske
Agency overview
Formed	1990
Jurisdiction	Government of Croatia
Headquarters	Ulica grada Vukovara 33, Zagreb ; 45°47′59″N15°57′50″E / 45.7998525°N 15.9638857°E
Employees	25,641 (2015)
Annual budget	HRK 4.818 billion (2015)
Minister responsible	Davor Božinović ;
Website	mup.gov.hr

Last updated March 25, 2025

The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian : Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova Republike Hrvatske or MUP RH) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of state security among other roles. Croatian Police is a public service of the Ministry of the Interior.

List of ministers

   Croatian Democratic Union (9)
   Social Democratic Party (2)
   The Bridge (1)
   Independent (1)

No.	Minister of the Interior	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1	Boljkovac, Josip Josip Boljkovac (1920–2014)	30 May 1990	2 July 1991	1 year, 33 days	HDZ	Mesić Manolić
2	Cvitan, Onesin Onesin Cvitan (born 1939)	2 July 1991	17 July 1991	15 days	HDZ	Manolić
3	Vekić, Ivan Ivan Vekić (1938–2014)	17 July 1991	15 April 1992	273 days	HDZ	Gregurić
4	Jarnjak, Ivan Ivan Jarnjak [ hr ] (born 1941)	15 April 1992	16 December 1996	4 years, 245 days	HDZ	Gregurić Šarinić Valentić Mateša
5	Penić, Ivan Ivan Penić [ hr ] (born 1954)	16 December 1996	27 January 2000	3 years, 42 days	HDZ	Mateša
6	Lučin, Šime Šime Lučin (born 1958)	27 January 2000	23 December 2003	3 years, 330 days	SDP	Račan I–II
7	Mlinarić, Marijan Marijan Mlinarić [ hr ] (1943–2007)	23 December 2003	17 February 2005	1 year, 56 days	HDZ	Sanader I
8	Kirin, Ivica Ivica Kirin (born 1970)	17 February 2005	12 January 2008	2 years, 329 days	HDZ	Sanader I
9	Rončević, Berislav Berislav Rončević (born 1960)	12 January 2008	10 October 2008	272 days	HDZ	Sanader II
10	Karamarko, Tomislav Tomislav Karamarko ^[a] (born 1959)	10 October 2008	23 December 2011	272 days	Independent HDZ	Sanader II Kosor
11	Ostojić, Ranko Ranko Ostojić* (born 1962)	23 December 2011	22 January 2016	4 years, 30 days	SDP	Milanović
12	Orepić, Vlaho Vlaho Orepić [ hr ] (born 1968)	22 January 2016	27 April 2017	1 year, 95 days	Most	Orešković Plenković I
13	Božinović, Davor Davor Božinović* (born 1961)	9 June 2017	Incumbent	7 years, 289 days	HDZ	Plenković I–II–III

(*) Ministers of Internal Affairs who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.

Notes

a. ^ Karamarko was appointed in the HDZ-dominated Sanader cabinet as a non-party minister. In 2009 he continued to serve in the Kosor cabinet and formally joined HDZ in September 2011.^[3]

Role

The Ministry of the Interior deals with administrative and other tasks related to the following:^[4]

policing and criminal police activities that involve protection of life and personal security of people and property and the prevention and detection of crime;
tracing and capturing of perpetrators of criminal offences and their bringing before the competent authorities;
maintaining of public order and the protection of particular persons, citizens, facilities and premises;
conducting of technical crime investigations and expert analysis;
road traffic safety;
state border protection;
movement and stay of aliens and their admission;
travel documents for crossing the state border;
safeguarding at public gatherings;
nationality affairs;
issuing of identity cards and the registration of residence and sojourn;
issuing of driving licences and the registration of motor vehicles;
procurement, keeping and carrying of weapons and ammunition;
explosive devices and substances;
protection of the constitutional order;
special police force tasks and the supervision over security agencies.

The Ministry is also responsible for the following: keeping the records and statistics concerning the internal affairs, the internal affairs information system and the education and training of the Ministry's officers.

Organization

Minister's Cabinet (Kabinet ministra)
General Police Directorate (Ravnateljstvo policije)
Material and Financial Affairs Directorate (Uprava za materijalno financijske poslove)
Directorate for Development, Equipment and Support (Uprava za razvoj, opremanje i potporu)
Legal Affairs and Human Resources Directorate (Uprava za pravne poslove i ljudske potencijale)
Administrative and Inspection Affairs Directorate (Uprava za upravne i inspekcijske poslove)
European Integration and International Affairs Directorate (Uprava za europske integracije i međunarodne odnose)
Special Security Affairs Directorate (Uprava za posebne poslove sigurnosti)

General Police Directorate

The General Police Directorate is in charge of the national police. There are twenty geographical commands,^[5] and the national body is organised as follows:^[6]

Police Directorate

Public Order Department
Command of Intervention Police
Department for Road Traffic Safety
Bomb Disposal Department

Criminal Police Directorate

General Crime Department
Anti-terrorism and War Crime Department
Organised Crime Department
Economic Crime and Corruption Department
Drugs Department
Special Criminal Investigations Department
Criminal Intelligence Analysis Department
Protection Unit
International Police Co-operation Department

Border Police Directorate

Neighbouring Countries Department
State Border Protection Department
Maritime and Airport Police Department
Illegal Migration Department
Centre for Training of Dog Handlers and Dog Dressure
Reception Centre for Foreigners
Mobile Unit for Static Border Control

The following units exists at the same level:

Operational Police Communication Centre
Forensic Centre
Police Academy

References

↑ Blažević, Robert (2015): Upravna znanost, p. 284. ISBN 9789538034039
"...(on day 19. February 2015)."
↑ "Državni proračun 2015. godina - Republika Hrvatska - Ministarstvo financija". Mfin.hr. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
↑ "Karamarko ušao u HDZ bez odobrenja Visokog časnog suda". Večernji list . 25 September 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
↑ "Ministry of the Interior". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.interpol.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.interpol.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

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[AS_2005-1] Blažević, Robert (2015): Upravna znanost, p. 284. ISBN 9789538034039
"...(on day 19. February 2015)."

[2] "Državni proračun 2015. godina - Republika Hrvatska - Ministarstvo financija". Mfin.hr. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2016-05-03.

[3] "Karamarko ušao u HDZ bez odobrenja Visokog časnog suda". Večernji list . 25 September 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.

[4] "Ministry of the Interior". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2010-03-23.

[5] "Archived copy" (PDF). www.interpol.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). www.interpol.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Agency overview
Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova Republike Hrvatske

Formed	1990
Jurisdiction	Government of Croatia
Headquarters	Ulica grada Vukovara 33, Zagreb 45°47′59″N15°57′50″E / 45.7998525°N 15.9638857°E / 45.7998525; 15.9638857
Employees	25,641 (2015)^[1]
Annual budget	HRK 4.818 billion (2015)^[2]
Minister responsible	Davor Božinović
Website	mup.gov.hr