Ministry of Interior (Bahrain)

Ministry of Interior

وزارة الداخلية
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Agency overview
Formed	1971
Preceding agency	Bahrain Police Directorate
Jurisdiction	Government of Bahrain
Headquarters	Diwan Fort, Manama 26°13′22.47″N 50°34′33.8″E / 26.2229083°N 50.576056°E / 26.2229083; 50.576056
Minister responsible	Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Minister of Interior
Child agency	Public Security Forces
Website	www.interior.gov.bh

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The Ministry of the Interior is responsible for law enforcement and public safety in Bahrain. The headquarters of the ministry is the Diwan Fort (also known as Manama Fort) in Manama, colloquially referred to as "al-gal'aa".

The current interior minister Lieutenant General Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa has been in office since 2004.^[1] He is a member of the Al Khalifa royal family and a cousin of King Hamad.

Directorates

• Public Security Directorate
  • Capital Governorate Police Directorate
  • Muharraq Governorate Police Directorate
  • Northern Governorate Police Directorate
  • Central Governorate Police Directorate
  • Southern Governorate Police Directorate
  • Airport Police Directorate
  • King Fahad Causeway Police Directorate
  • Criminal Investigation Directorate
• General Directorate of Civil Defence
• General Directorate of Guards. (Inc. GTS - 'Guards Training School' [Security regulatory authority])
• General Directorate of Nationality, Passport and Resident
• Coast Guard Command
• Cyber Crime Directorate
• Geographic Security Systems Directorate
• Royal Academy of Police
• General Directorate of Traffic (which serves a similar function to the Spanish counterpart with the same name, run, like the Bahraini General Directorate of Traffic, by that country's Interior Ministry)
• Customs Affairs Directorate
• Financial Intelligence Directorate
• Public Relations Directorate
  • Police Media Center

Interior Ministers of Bahrain

See also

• National Security Agency (Bahrain)
• Special Security Force Command
• Government of Bahrain
• Cabinet of Bahrain

References

External links

• Ministry of the Interior website
• Public Relations Directorate, Ministry of the Interior
• Police Media Center
• General Directorate of Civil Defence

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