Ministry of the Interior and Safety

{{Short description|Government ministry of South Korea}}

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{{Infobox government agency

| agency_name = Ministry of the Interior and Safety

| nativename_a = 행정안전부

| nativename_r = Haengjeong Anjeon-bu
行政安全部

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| logo = File:Ministry of the Interior and Safety of the Republic of Korea Logo (horizontal) (English).svg

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| formed = July 26, 2017

| preceding1 = Ministry of Home Affairs (1948–1998)

| preceding2 = Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs (1998–2008)

| preceding3 = Ministry of the Interior and Safety (2008–2013)

| preceding4 = Ministry of Security and Public Administration (2013–2014)

| preceding5 = Ministry of the Interior (2014–2017)

| preceding6 = Ministry of Public Safety and Security (2014–2017)

| jurisdiction = Government of South Korea

| headquarters = Sejong City

| employees =

| budget =

| minister1_name = (vacant, deputy acting)

| deputyminister1_name = Ko Ki-dong

| deputyminister1_pfo = Deputy secretary

| deputyminister2_name = Yi Han-kyung

| deputyminister2_pfo = General Director for Disaster and Safety Management

| parent_department =

| child1_agency = National Fire Agency

| child2_agency = National Police Agency

| website = http://www.mois.go.kr/eng/

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The Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS, {{ko-hhrm|행정안전부|行政安全部}}) is a branch of the Government of South Korea. The headquarters are in Sejong City. It is responsible for national administration, management of government organizations, and e-government. Furthermore, it supports local governments in terms of local administration, finance, and regional development to promote greater local autonomy.

Institutions

It has its headquarters and several offices in Sejong City.{{cite web|url=https://www.mois.go.kr/eng/sub/a02/location/screen.do|title=Location Government Complex-Sejong|publisher=Ministry of the Interior and Safety|accessdate=2022-10-29|quote=MOIS : 13, Jeongbu 2cheongsa-ro, Sejong-si, 30128, Republic of Korea}} - [https://www.mois.go.kr/eng/ The address on the bottom points to]: "13, Jeongbu 2cheongsa-ro, Sejong-si, 30128, Republic of Korea / 411, Hannuri-daero, Sejong-si, 30116, Republic of Korea / 143, Gareum-ro, Sejong-si, Republic of Korea" so the headquarters are in Sejong City. It also has offices in Jongno-gu, Seoul.{{cite web|url=https://www.mois.go.kr/eng/sub/a02/location_2/screen.do|title=Location Government Complex-Seoul|publisher=Ministry of the Interior and Safety|accessdate=2022-10-29|quote=Address : 209, Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03171, Republic of KOREA}} Previously the headquarters were in Seoul.{{cite web|url=http://www.mois.go.kr/eng/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826090109/http://www.mois.go.kr/eng/|title=Home|publisher=Ministry of the Interior and Safety|archive-date=2017-08-26|accessdate=2022-10-29|quote=209 Sejong-daero(Sejong-ro), Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea}}

Institutions:

List of ministers

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" | {{abbr|No.|Number}}

!rowspan="2" | Portrait

!rowspan="2" | Name

!colspan="3" | Term of office

!rowspan="2" | President

Took office

!Left office

!Time in office

1

|

|Kim Boo-kyum

|26 July 2017

|5 April 2019

|{{ayd|2017|7|26|2019|4|5}}

|rowspan="3" |Moon Jae-in

2

|

|Chin Young

|8 April 2019

|23 December 2020

|{{ayd|2019|4|8|2020|12|23}}

3

|75px

|Jeon Hae-cheol

|24 December 2020

|9 May 2022

|{{ayd|2020|12|24|2022|5|9}}

4

|

|Lee Sang-min

|12 May 2022

|8 December 2024

|{{ayd|2022|5|12|2024|12|8}}

Yoon Suk Yeol

See also

References

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