Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)

Ministry of the Interior
內政部; Nèizhèng Bù (Mandarin); Nui-chṳn Phu (Hakka)
	File:ROC Ministry of the Interior Logo.svg
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Headquarters	Zhongzheng, Taipei
Minister responsible	Hsu Kuo-yung, Minister;
Parent agency	Executive Yuan
Child agencies	Architecture and Building Research Institute; Central Police University; Construction and Planning Agency; Land Consolidation Engineering Bureau; National Airborne Service Corps; National Conscription Agency; National Fire Agency; National Immigration Agency; National Land Surveying and Mapping Center; National Police Agency;
Website	www.moi.gov.tw

The Ministry of the Interior (MOI; Chinese: 內政部; pinyin: Nèizhèngbù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Luē-chèng-pō͘) is a cabinet level policy-making body, governed under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is the fundamental executive yuan agency responsible for home affairs and security throughout Taiwan, including population, land, construction, military service administration, national emergency services, local administration systems, law enforcement and social welfare (prior to 23 July 2013).^[1]

Core functions

It closely monitors the rights of the residents and every aspect of national development to ensure steady progress of the nation, strengthen social peace and order, and upgrade the quality of citizens' lives.

The Ministry strives to achieve the following:^[2]

Accomplish government reform to boost government vitality;
Care for the minorities;
Promote a fair military service system;
Implement pragmatic growth management to promote sustainable development;
Reinforce police administration reform;
Strengthen crisis management to build a comprehensive disaster prevention system;
Manage the goals to rebuild the Nation into a beautiful hometown;
Implement walk-around management and close planning/control

Duties

In accordance to the Ministry of Interior Organization Act, the Ministry is charged with the following:

National internal affairs administration.
The Ministry bears the responsibilities to direct and monitor the highest-ranking local officials in the execution of tasks charged by the Ministry.
For direct administration affairs, the Ministry is charged with the authority to order or take disciplinary actions against the highest-ranking local officials. When an official is suspected of conducting illegal acts or overstepping his/her authority, this local official may be suspended or removed pending a resolution from an Executive Yuan meeting.

Administrative divisions

Department structure

The Ministry is currently organized into five departments, one office, four sections, six committees, and one center to share the responsibilities.

Department of Civil Affairs: in charge of local administration, local self-governing, border administration, public properties, political organizations, elections, religions, rites, funeral, rituals, and ceremonies, historical site investigation, maintenance, and registration, and other civil affairs.
Department of Household Registration Affairs: in charge of household registration administration, nationality administration, population policies, census, national identification cards, name-usage and registration, migration planning, and other population affairs.
Department of Land Administration: in charge of land surveys and registrations, land value assessments, equalization of land rights, land entitlement investigations, land consolidation, land expropriation, land utilization, territorial administration, and other land administration affairs.
The Cooperative and Civil Associatons Preparatory Office

Furthermore, the Ministry is also set up with sixteen social administration units and two land administration units, which are directly under the management of the Ministry as second level agencies.

Administrative agencies under the Ministry of Interior

Ministers

Non-partisan/ unknown Kuomintang (Nationalist) Democratic Progressive Party People First Party

№	Name	Term of Office		Days	Political Party	Premier
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 11	Hsu Ching-chung (徐慶鐘)	3 June 1966	1 June 1972	2190	Kuomintang	Yen Chia-kan
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 12	Lin Chin-sheng (林金生)	1 June 1972	11 June 1976	1471	Kuomintang	Chiang Ching-kuo
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 13	Chang Feng-hsu (張豐緒)	11 June 1976	1 June 1978	720	Kuomintang	Chiang Ching-kuo
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 14	Chiu Chuang-huan (邱創煥)	1 June 1978	1 December 1981	1279	Kuomintang	Sun Yun-suan
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 15	Lin Yang-kang (林洋港)	1 December 1981	1 June 1984	913	Kuomintang	Sun Yun-suan
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 16	Wu Po-hsiung (吳伯雄)	1 June 1984	22 July 1988	1512	Kuomintang	Yu Kuo-hua
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 17	Hsu Shui-teh (許水德)	22 July 1988	1 June 1991	1044	Kuomintang	Yu Kuo-hua Lee Huan Hau Pei-tsun
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 18	Wu Po-hsiung (吳伯雄)	1 June 1991	15 December 1994	1293	Kuomintang	Hau Pei-tsun Lien Chan
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 19	Huang Kun-huei (黃昆輝)	15 December 1994	10 June 1996	543	Kuomintang	Lien Chan
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 20	Lin Fong-cheng (林豐正)	10 June 1996	15 May 1997	339	Kuomintang	Lien Chan
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 21	Yeh Chin-fong (葉金鳳)	15 May 1997	5 February 1998	266	Kuomintang	Lien Chan Vincent Siew
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 22	Huang Chu-wen (黃主文)	5 February 1998	20 May 2000	835	Kuomintang	Vincent Siew
style="background:Template:Non-partisan/meta/color; color:black;" \| 23	Chang Po-ya (張博雅)	20 May 2000	1 February 2002	622	Independent	Tang Fei Chang Chun-hsiung
style="background:Template:Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color; color:white;" \| 24	Yu Cheng-hsien (余政憲)	1 February 2002	9 April 2004	798	Democratic Progressive Party	Yu Shyi-kun
style="background:Template:Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color; color:white;" \| 25	Su Chia-chyuan (蘇嘉全)	9 April 2004	25 January 2006	656	Democratic Progressive Party	Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh
style="background:Template:Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color; color:white;" \| 26	Lee I-yang (李逸洋)	25 January 2006	20 May 2008	846	Democratic Progressive Party	Su Tseng-chang Chang Chun-hsiung
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 27	Liao Liou-yi (廖了以)	20 May 2008	10 September 2009	478	Kuomintang	Liu Chao-shiuan
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 28	Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺)	10 September 2009	6 February 2012	879	Independent	Wu Den-yih
style="background:Template:People First Party (Republic of China)/meta/color; color:white;" \| 29	Lee Hong-yuan (李鴻源)	6 February 2012	3 March 2014	756	People First Party	Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah
style="background:Template:Kuomintang/meta/color; color:white;" \| 30	Chen Wei-zen (陳威仁)	3 March 2014	20 May 2016	809	Kuomintang	Jiang Yi-huah Mao Chi-kuo Chang San-cheng
style="background:Template:Non-partisan/meta/color; color:black;" \| 31	Yeh Jiunn-rong (葉俊榮)	20 May 2016	15 July 2018	786	Independent	Lin Chuan William Lai
style="background:Template:Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color; color:white;" \| 32	Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇)	16 July 2018	Incumbent	2248	Democratic Progressive Party	William Lai

Access

The MOI building is accessible by NTU Hospital Station of the Taipei Metro on the Red Line.

References

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