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Ministry of the Interior (Austria)

Government ministry of Austria

Summary

Government ministry of Austria

Field	Value
name	Federal Ministry of the Interior
native_name	Bundesministerium für Inneres
logo	BMI AT Logo.svg
logo_size	250
image	Wien 01 Minoritenplatz h.jpg
status	Highest federal authority
jurisdiction	Government of Austria
headquarters	Palais Modena
Innere Stadt, Vienna
coordinates
formed	as Imperial and Royal Ministry of the Interior
preceding1	Imperial and Royal Ministry of the Interior (1848)
budget	€4.850 billion (2025)
child1_agency	Directorate General for the Public Security
child2_agency	Federal Police
child3_agency	Federal Criminal Police Office
child4_agency	DSN
child5_agency	EKO Cobra
minister_type	Minister
minister1_name	Gerhard Karner
website

Innere Stadt, Vienna In Austria, the Ministry of the Interior (, colloquially Innenministerium, abbreviated: BMI) is a federal government agency serving as the interior ministry of the Austrian government. It is chiefly responsible for the public security, but also deals with matters relating to citizenship, elections, referendums, plebiscites and the alternative civilian service. The Ministry of the Interior is considered one of the most important ministries in Austria.

It operates and oversees the vast majority of the country's law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Police Directorate (BPD), the Criminal Intelligence Service Austria (BK), the Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service (DSN), the Federal Bureau of Anti-Corruption (BAK), the Directorate for Special Units/Special Intervention Unit Cobra (DSE), and the Special Observatory Unit for Surveillance (SEO). The Directorate General for the Public Security (GD), which is primarily made up of career law enforcement officers, serves as the professional governing body of all these agencies, except for the BAK. Federal law enforcement agencies outside of the ministry's control include the Military Police, the Fiscal Police, and the Judiciary Guard.

The Palais Modena is the ministry's central headquarters, it is situated in the centre of Austria's capital Vienna.

History

The Ministry was originally created as "Imperial and Royal Ministry of the Interior", serving as the empire-wide interior ministry for Austria-Hungary. It was succeeded by the "state office of the Interior" (Staatsamt des Innern) of the First Republic in 1918, and later renamed into "Federal Ministry of the Interior". After the dissolution of Nazi Germany in 1945 the Ministry was reestablished into its current form.

Until 1848 internal affairs of the country was under the responsibility of the Austro-Bohemian Court Chancellery which was established by Empress Maria Theresia. In 1848 the ministry was established with the name of the Ministry of the Interior. Between 1918 and 1920 it was called State Office of the Interior. Then it was merged with the ministry of education and was renamed as State Office and Federal Ministry of the Interior and of Education. The body was integrated into the federal government in 1923. Following World War II it was renamed into its current title, Federal Ministry of the Interior.

Responsibilities

The federal agency is charged with the matters of public security, citizenship and civil status including legal names, elections, referendums and popular petitions as well as emergency management and the alternative civilian service.

As superior of the Directorate General for Public Security, the Minister for the Interior is in charge of the Federal Police, the Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service, the EKO Cobra tactical unit as well as of the Federal Criminal Police Office. Beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Chancellery, the Ministry is also responsible for the matters of the Austrian states and municipalities, foundations and sovereign wealth funds.

Organization

The ministry consists of the Minister of the Interior, the State Secretary and the Secretary General, under whom there are five sections:

Central Administration
Directorate General for the Public Security
Law
Cybersecurity, Digital Matters and Service
Migration and International Matters

Its head and chief executive authority is the Minister of the Interior (Bundesminister), currently Gerhard Karner. Next in rank is the State Secretary (Staatssekretär) responsible for the Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service (DSN), currently Jörg Leichtfried. The Secretary General (Generalsekretär), currently Andreas Achatz, serves as the agency's head of operations and third-highest-ranking official.

References

"Bundesbudget: Innenministerium spart bei Asyl und in der Verwaltung".
Mario Muigg (2009) [http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_SIAK/4/2/1/2009/ausgabe_3/files/Muigg_3_2009.pdf The Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior in the 20th century] ''SIAK Journal'' (3) Retrieved 20 October 2013
"Geschäftseinteilung".

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