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 is Lieutenant General Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, who has been in office since 2004.[1] He is a member of the Al Khalifa royal family and a cousin of King Hamad. Apart from the Bahrain Defence Force, which reports to the Minister of Defence, the public security forces and the Coast Guard report to the Minister of Interior.
Directorates
- Public Security Directorate
- General Directorate of Civil Defence
- General Directorate of Guards (Incl. GTS - 'Guards Training School' [Security regulatory authority])
- General Directorate of Nationality, Passports, and Residency
- 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
Interior Ministers of Bahrain
See also
References
- ^ "History". About Us. Bahrain Ministry of the Interior website. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Public Relations Directorate, Ministry of the Interior
- Police Media Center
- General Directorate of Civil Defence
