Ministry of the Interior (Uruguay)

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Ministry of the Interior
Ministerio del Interior
Ministry overview
Formed22 December 1828 (1828-12-22)
Jurisdiction Government of Uruguay
Headquarters Montevideo
MottoLibertad en el Orden (Freedom in the Order)
Minister responsible
Website Ministry of the Interior

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]

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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 Nicolás Martinelli who has held the position since November 6, 2023. [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

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
1943–1944 Héctor Gerona Colorado Party
1944–1947 Juan Carbajal Victorica
1947–1948 Giordano B. Eccher
1948–1949 Alberto Zubiría
1949–1950 José L. Peña
1950 Alfredo Zubiría
1950–1951 Dardo Regules
1951–1952 Juan Francisco Guinchon
1952–1955 Antonio Gustavo Fusco
1955–1956 Francisco Gamarra
1956–1958 Alberto Abdala
1958–1959 Héctor Grauert
1959–1960 Pedro B. Berro National Party
1960 Carlos V. Puig (interino)
1960–1963 Nicolás Storace Arrosa
1963–1965 Felipe Gil
1965–1966 Adolfo Tejera
1966–1967 Nicolás Storace Arrosa
1967–1968 Augusto Legnani Colorado Party
1968 Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga
1968–1969 Alfredo Lepro
1969–1970 Pedro W. Cersósimo
1970–1971 Antonio Francese Coorp.
1971 Santiago de Brum Carbajal Colorado Party
1971–1972 Danilo Sena
1972 Alejandro Rovira Colorado Party
1972–1973 Walter Ravenna Dictatorship
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
1985–1986 Carlos Manini Ríos Colorado Party
1986–1989 Antonio Marchesano
1989 Francisco Forteza (hijo)
1989–1990 Flavio Buscasso
1990–1993 Juan Andrés Ramírez National Party
1993–1994 Raúl Iturria
1994–1995 Ángel María Gianola
1995–1998 Didier Opertti Colorado Party
1998 Luis Hierro López
1998–2004 Guillermo Stirling
2004 Daniel Borrelli
2004–2005 Alejo Fernández Cháves
2005–2007 José Díaz Broad Front
2007–2009 Daisy Tourné
2009–2010 Jorge Bruni
2010–2020 Eduardo Bonomi
2020-2021 Jorge Larrañaga National Party
2021-2023 Luis Alberto Héber
2023-Incumbent Nicolás Martinelli

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