The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (; ; ) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees the interior affairs of Ukraine.

History

Name

  • People's Committee of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR (1919–1930, regional autonomous agency)
  • State Political Directorate of the Ukrainian SSR (1930–1934, part of the Joint State Political Directorate of USSR)
  • People's Committee of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR (1934–1946, part of the People's Committee of Internal Affairs of USSR)
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR (1946–1991, part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of USSR)
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (since 1991, a government agency of the independent Ukraine)

History of Militsiya

The ministry directly controlled the Ukrainian national law enforcement agency, termed the militsiya (, Russian: милиция). Ukraine's militsiya was widely regarded as corrupt, and it had received accusations of torture and ill-treatment. This changed in July 2015, in the aftermath of Euromaidan, with the introduction of reforms by Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko to reduce corruption, whereby the militsiya was replaced with the National Police.

The State Emergency Service was transferred under the jurisdiction of the ministry since 2014.

Duties

The ministry carries out state policy for the protection of rights and liberties of citizens, investigates unlawful acts against the interest of society and state, fights crime, provides civil order, ensures civil security and traffic safety, and guarantees the security and protection of important individuals.

Organisation

It is a centralised agency headed by the Minister of Internal Affairs. The ministry works closely with the office of the General Prosecutor of Ukraine.

It oversees the National Police of Ukraine (police service), National Guard of Ukraine (gendarmerie), the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (civil defense), In May 2009 first deputy (Interior) Minister Mykhailo Kliuyev served as acting Minister during a seven-day investigation. After that Lutsenko resumed the post.

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|Mykhailo Kliuyev

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|80px||Anatoliy Mohyliov|| 11 March 2010 || 7 November 2011|| rowspan="2" |Viktor Yanukovych|| First post-Orange Revolution minister

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|80px||Vitaliy Zakharchenko|| 7 November 2011|| 21 February 2014||Former head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine ||Oleksandr Turchynov (acting), Petro Poroshenko, Volodymyr Zelensky||

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|80px||Denys Monastyrsky|| 16 July 2021|| 18 January 2023|| rowspan="3"|Volodymyr Zelensky|| Term ended prematurely after a helicopter transporting himself and the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs crashed, killing both Monastyrsky and his First Deputy, Yevhen Yenin, among others.

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|13||Ihor Klymenko|| 7 February 2023