List of current interior ministers

This is a list of current interior ministers of the 193 United Nations member states, Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine.

Interior ministers of sovereign countries with limited recognition and governments-in-exile are included in separate tables.

Generally recognised states

State List Interior minister Political affiliation Assumed office Ref.
Afghanistan List Sirajuddin Haqqani Taliban 7 September 2021
Albania List Besfort Lamallari Socialist Party 26 February 2026
Algeria Saïd Sayoud 14 September 2025
Andorra Josep Maria Rossell i Pons Committed Citizens 22 May 2019
Angola Eugénio César Laborinho People's Movement for the Liberation 29 July 2019
Antigua and Barbuda Steadroy Benjamin Labour Party 13 June 2014
Argentina List Diego Santilli Republican Proposal 10 November 2025
Armenia List Arpine Sargsyan Independent 20 November 2024
Australia List Tony Burke Labor Party 29 July 2024
Austria List Gerhard Karner People's Party 6 December 2021
Azerbaijan List Colonel General Vilayat Eyvazov 20 June 2019
The Bahamas Wayne Munroe Progressive Liberal Party 20 September 2021
Bahrain List Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa 22 May 2004
Bangladesh List Salahuddin Ahmed Nationalist Party 17 February 2026
Barbados Wilfred Abrahams Labour Party 23 July 2020
Belarus List Major General Ivan Kubrakov 29 October 2020
Belgium List Bernard Quintin Reformist Movement 3 February 2025
Belize Kareem Musa PUP 13 November 2020
Benin Alassane Seidou Independent 25 May 2021
Bhutan Lyonpo Tshering 28 January 2024
Bolivia Marco Antonio Oviedo 9 November 2025
Bosnia and Herzegovina List Ramo Isak People's Power 28 April 2023
List Željko Budimir Alliance of Independent Social Democrats 2 September 2025
Botswana Honorary General Pius Mokgware Alliance for Progressives 14 November 2024
Brazil List Wellington Lima e Silva 15 January 2026
List Waldez Góes Democratic Labour Party 1 January 2023
Brunei Ahmaddin Rahman 7 June 2022
Bulgaria Daniel Mitov GERB 16 January 2025
Burkina Faso Mahamoudou Sana 21 October 2022
Burundi Léonidas Ndaruzaniye CNND-FDD 5 August 2025 [1]
Cambodia Sar Sokha Cambodian People's Party 22 August 2023
Cameroon Laurent Esso Cameroon People's Democratic Movement 9 December 2011
Canada List Gary Anandasangaree Liberal Party of Canada 13 May 2025 [2]
Cape Verde Paulo Rocha 2016
Central African Republic Michel Nicaise Nassin 2022
Chad Idriss Dokony Adiker
Chile List Carolina Tohá Party for Democracy 6 September 2022
China List Lu Zhiyuan Chinese Communist Party 29 December 2023
Colombia List Juan Fernando Cristo Liberal Party 3 July 2024
Comoros Mahamoud Fakridine
Republic of the Congo Raymond Zephirin Mboulou Congolese Party of Labour 30 December 2007
Democratic Republic of the Congo Jacquemain Shabani
Costa Rica Mario Zamora Cordero
Ivory Coast Vagondo Diomande
Croatia List Davor Božinović Croatian Democratic Union 9 June 2017
Cuba List Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas Communist Party of Cuba 24 November 2020
Cyprus Konstantinos Ioannou
Czech Republic Lubomír Metnar ANO 2011 15 December 2025
Denmark List Christian Rabjerg Madsen Social Democrats 2 May 2022
Djibouti Hassan Omar Mohamed Bourhan
Dominica Rayburn Blackmoore
Dominican Republic Jesús Vásquez Martínez 16 August 2020
East Timor List Francisco da Costa Guterres CNRT 1 July 2023
Ecuador Monica Rosa Irene Palencia Nunez
Egypt List Major General Mahmoud Tawfik 14 June 2018
El Salvador Juan Carlos Bidegain Hananía
Equatorial Guinea Faustino Ndong Esono Ayang
Estonia List Lauri Läänemets Social Democratic Party 18 July 2022
Eswatini Princess Lindiwe Dlamini
Fiji Pio Tikoduadua NFP 24 December 2022
Finland List Mari Rantanen Finns Party 20 June 2023
France List Laurent Nuñez Renaissance 12 October 2025
Gabon Hermann Immongault[3] 9 September 2023
Gambia List Abdoulie Sanyang[4] 15 March 2024
Georgia List Vakhtang Gomelauri Georgian Dream 8 September 2019
Germany List Alexander Dobrindt Christian Social Union in Bavaria 6 May 2025
Ghana Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak National Democratic Congress 30 January 2025
Greece List Thodoris Livanios New Democracy 14 June 2024
Grenada Dickon Mitchell (prime minister) National Democratic Congress 24 June 2022
Guatemala Francisco Jiménez Irungaray
Guinea Mahmoudou Cissé
Guinea-Bissau Botche Cande
Guyana Robeson Benn 5 August 2020
Haiti List Garry Conille Independent 12 June 2024
Honduras Tomás Vaquero
Hungary List Sándor Pintér Independent 29 May 2010
Iceland List Vacant 11 January 2017
India List Amit Shah Bharatiya Janata Party 31 May 2019
Indonesia List Tito Karnavian Independent 23 October 2019
Iran List Eskandar Momeni Independent 21 August 2024
Iraq List Abdul Amir al-Shammari 28 October 2022
Ireland List Jim O'Callaghan Fianna Fáil 23 January 2025
Israel List Yariv Levin Likud 24 January 2023
Italy List Matteo Piantedosi Independent 22 October 2022
Japan List Takeaki Matsumoto Liberal Democratic Party 14 December 2023
Jordan Mazin Al Farrayeh 7 March 2020
Kazakhstan List Erjan Sädenov 2 September 2023
Kenya Kithure Kindiki[5] 8 August 2024
Kiribati List Boutu Bateriki 2020
Kuwait List Fahad Yusuf Al-Sabah 17 January 2024
Kyrgyzstan List Ulan Niyazbekov 2020
Laos Vilai Lakhamfong
Latvia List Rihards Kozlovskis Unity 15 September 2023
Lebanon List Bassam Mawlawi Azm Movement 10 September 2021
Lesotho Lebona Lephema Revolution for Prosperity 2022
Liberia Francis Sakila Nyumalin
Libya Imad Tarabulsi
Liechtenstein Hugo Quaderer
Lithuania List Agnė Bilotaitė Homeland Union 11 December 2020
Luxembourg Léon Gloden Christian Social People's Party 17 November 2023
Macedonia List Panche Toshkovski VMRO-DPMNE 28 January 2024
Madagascar Hanitra Velonjara Tiaray Rakotonandrasana 28 October 2025
Malawi Ken Zikhale Ng'oma Malawi Congress Party 31 January 2023
Malaysia List Saifuddin Nasution Ismail Pakatan Harapan (People's Justice Party) 3 December 2022
Maldives List Ali Ihusaan Progressive Party of Maldives 17 November 2023
Mali Daoud Aly Mohammedine
Malta Byron Camilleri
Marshall Islands List Wisely Zackhras 2024
Mauritania Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed Lemine El Insaf Party 31 March 2022
Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth (prime minister)
Mexico List Rosa Icela Rodríguez Morena 1 October 2024
Micronesia Leonito Bacalando
Moldova List Daniella Misail-Nichitin Independent 19 November 2024
Monaco Patrice Cellario 4 April 2015
Mongolia List Altangerel Oyunsaikhan[6] 10 July 2024
Montenegro List Filip Adžić URA 28 April 2022
Morocco List Abdelouafi Laftit Independent 5 April 2017
Mozambique Arsenia Felicidade Felix Massingue
Myanmar Moe Aung 7 January 2024
Namibia List Albert Kawana 22 April 2021
Nauru Charmaine Scotty
  Nepal List Om Prakash Aryal Independent 15 September 2025
Netherlands List Pieter Heerma Christian Democratic Appeal 23 February 2026 [7]
New Zealand List Brooke van Velden ACT New Zealand 27 November 2023
Nicaragua Maria Amelia Coronel Kinloch
Niger Mohamed Toumba Military 9 August 2023
Nigeria List Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo All Progressives Congress 21 August 2023
Norway Emilie Mehl Centre 14 October 2021
Oman List Hamoud bin Faisal al Busaidi 2011
Pakistan List Mohsin Naqvi Independent 11 March 2024
Palestine[a] List Ziad Hab Al-Reeh[8] 1 April 2024
Panama Juan Manuel Pino Forero
Papua New Guinea John Rosso
Paraguay Enrique Riera Escudero Colorado Party 15 August 2023
Peru Vicente Tiburcio Independent 14 October 2025
Philippines List Jonvic Remulla NUP 8 October 2024
Poland List Tomasz Siemoniak Civic Platform 13 May 2024
Portugal Margarida Blasco Independent 2 April 2024
Qatar Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani 7 March 2023
Romania List Cătălin Predoiu National Liberal Party 15 June 2023
Russia List Vladimir Kolokoltsev Independent 21 May 2012
Rwanda Alfred Gasana 10 December 2021
Saint Kitts and Nevis Terrance Drew (prime minister) Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party 13 August 2022
Saint Lucia Virginia Albert-Poyotte Saint Lucia Labour Party 5 August 2021
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves (prime minister) Unity Labour Party
Samoa Lefau Harry Schuster Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi 24 May 2021
San Marino Elena Tonnini RETE Movement 7 January 2020
São Tomé and Príncipe Jorge Amado
Saudi Arabia List Abdulaziz bin Saud Al Saud 21 June 2017
Senegal List Jean Baptiste Tine 5 April 2024
Serbia List Ivica Dačić Socialist Party of Serbia 2 May 2024
Seychelles Errol Fonseka Linyon Demokratik Seselwa 3 November 2020
Sierra Leone David Taluva
Singapore List K. Shanmugam People's Action Party 1 October 2015
Slovakia Matúš Šutaj Eštok Voice – Social Democracy 25 October 2023
Slovenia List Boštjan Poklukar Freedom Movement 21 February 2023
Solomon Islands Isikeli Vave Independent 6 May 2024
Somalia Ali Yusuf Hosh 8 April 2024
South Africa List Leon Schreiber Democratic Alliance 2024
South Korea List Yun Ho-jung Independent 19 July 2025
South Sudan Angelina Teny
Spain List Fernando Grande-Marlaska Independent 7 June 2018
Sri Lanka List Ananda Wijepala National People's Power 18 November 2024
Sudan Ezzeldin Al-Sheikh
Suriname Bronto Somohardjo Pertjajah Luhur 16 July 2020
Sweden List Gunnar Strömmer Moderate Party 18 October 2022
 Switzerland List Élisabeth Baume-Schneider Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 1 January 2024
Syria List Anas Khattab Independent 29 March 2025
Tajikistan Ramazon Rahimov 5 January 2012
Tanzania List Hamad Masauni Chama Cha Mapinduzi 10 January 2022
Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul (prime minister) Bhumjaithai Party 19 September 2025
Togo Damehane Yark
Tonga Lord Vaea 1 September 2022
Tunisia List Khaled Nouri 2024
Turkey List Ali Yerlikaya Independent 4 June 2023
Turkmenistan Muhammet Hydyrow
Tuvalu Maina Vakafua Talia
Uganda Kahinda Otafiire 8 June 2021
Ukraine List Ihor Klymenko Independent 18 January 2023
United Arab Emirates Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan 1 November 2004
United Kingdom List Shabana Mahmood Labour 5 September 2025
United States List Vacant 5 March 2026 [9]
Uruguay List Carlos Negro Broad Front 1 March 2025
Uzbekistan List Pulat Bobojonov 2017
Vanuatu Andrew Solomon Napuat Land and Justice Party
Venezuela List Remigio Ceballos 19 August 2021
Vietnam List Phạm Thị Thanh Trà Communist Party of Vietnam 8 April 2021
Zambia List Jack Mwiimbu United Party for National Development 24 August 2021
Zimbabwe Kazembe Kazembe Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front 9 November 2019

States with limited recognition

State List Interior minister Political affiliation Assumed office
Abkhazia (Republic of Abkhazia)
Kosovo (Republic of Kosovo) Flamur Sefaj
Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) Aziz Gürpınar Republican Turkish Party
Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) Brahim Bashir Billah[10] Polisario Front
South Ossetia (Republic of South Ossetia–the State of Alania)
Taiwan (Republic of China) List Liu Shyh-fang Democratic Progressive Party 20 May 2024
Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic)

Sui generis entities

Entity List Interior minister Political affiliation Assumed office
European Union List Magnus Brunner European People's Party 1 December 2024

Governments-in-exile

Government-in-exile Interior minister Political affiliation Assumed office
National Unity Government of Myanmar Lwin Ko Latt[11] National League for Democracy 16 April 2021

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Palestinian Authority renamed itself the State of Palestine on 6 January 2013 (a move not recognized by Israel). Do not confuse with the "State of Palestine" proclaimed on 15 November 1988 by the Palestinian National Council, which remains a putative state, de facto ineffective despite partial international recognition.

References

  1. ^ "Membres du Gouvernement". Presidence of Burundi (in French). Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  2. ^ Murphy, Jessica (13 May 2025). "Canada's Carney unveils cabinet of familiar and fresh faces amid US trade war". BBC News. Toronto. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  3. ^ "The Republic of Gabon Ministry of Interior".
  4. ^ "Four new ministers appointed to Gambian cabinet". APAnews - African Press Agency. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Prof. KITHURI KINDIKI is among the 19 Cabinet Secretaries sworn in at State House Kenya". Ministry of Interior & National Administration. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Prime Minister of Mongolia Appoints 22 Cabinet Members". Montsame News Agency. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  7. ^ https://www.parlement.com/biografie/drs-pe-pieter-heerma
  8. ^ "PA's new PM Mohammad Mustafa is appointed as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates". Palestine News & Info Agency. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  9. ^ Alvarez, Priscilla; Holmes, Kristen; Grayer, Annie; Fox, Lauren (5 March 2026). "Trump fires Noem as frustrations build among White House officials, GOP lawmakers". CNN. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  10. ^ "Ministers of Interior and Energy and Transport arrive in Addis Ababa to take part in continental activities". Sahara Press Service. 24 November 2024. Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Who's Who in Myanmar's National Unity Government". The Irrawaddy. 16 April 2021. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.