Minister of the Interior (France)

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Minister of the Interior and Overseas France
Ministère de l’Intérieur et des Outre-mer
Incumbent
Gérald Darmanin
since 6 July 2020
StyleMonsieur le ministre
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Reports toPresident of the Republic
and to Parliament
ResidenceHôtel de Beauvau
SeatParis 8e, France
AppointerPresident of the Republic
Term lengthNo fixed term
Remains in office while commanding the confidence of the National Assembly and the President of the Republic
PrecursorMinister for the Maison du Roi
Formation7 August 1790
First holderFrançois-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest
Websitewww.interieur.gouv.fr

Minister of the Interior (

Minister of Public Safety in Canada, or the Minister of Home Affairs in Australia
.

Responsibilities

The Minister of the Interior is responsible for the following:

The Minister of the Interior also takes on the role of the former Minister of Worship and is formally consulted in the process of appointment of Catholic diocesan bishops (Briand-Ceretti Agreement). The Minister of Worship used to be a fully-fledged position; the office was abolished in 1912.

While the Ministry of the Interior supervises police forces, it does not supervise criminal enquiries. Those enquiries are conducted under the supervision of the judiciary.

History

The

Second Empire
.

Office of the Minister of the Interior

During the First Empire, the Interior Ministry's tasks were reduced; in 1824, the Ministry of Public Instruction was established to oversee France's education policy. In 1832, the Interior Ministry was primarily occupied with the holding of elections and maintenance of the firefighters force, as the Institut de France and national public libraries were transferred to the Public Instruction Ministry. In 1836, the Ministry of Public Works, Agriculture and Commerce was established.

In 1911, the Directorate of Penitentiary Administration, established in 1858 in the Interior Ministry to oversee prison conditions, was placed under the authority of the Minister of Justice. Nine years later, the Interior Ministry lost its public health policy department to the newly established Ministry of Hygiene, Assistance and Social Security.

Location

The ministry's headquarters have been located on

metonym
for the ministry.

Organisation

The Minister of the Interior has been Gérald Darmanin since 6 July 2020. He succeeded Christophe Castaner, who was appointed to the office on 16 October 2018. Darmanin is assisted by Marlène Schiappa, who holds the junior title of Minister for Citizenship in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex.

See also

  • List of Interior Ministers of France

External links