Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)

Ministry of the Interior
內政部
Nèizhèng Bù (Mandarin)
Nui-chṳn Phu (Hakka)
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Republic of China (Taiwan)
Headquarters Zhongzheng, Taipei
Minister responsible
Parent agency Executive Yuan
Child agencies
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]

  1. Accomplish government reform to boost government vitality;
  2. Care for the minorities;
  3. Promote a fair military service system;
  4. Implement pragmatic growth management to promote sustainable development;
  5. Reinforce police administration reform;
  6. Strengthen crisis management to build a comprehensive disaster prevention system;
  7. Manage the goals to rebuild the Nation into a beautiful hometown;
  8. 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

National Police Agency
National Conscription Agency
Central Police University
National Immigration Agency

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

Hsu Kuo-yung, the incumbent Minister of the Interior.

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

№ Name Term of Office Days Political Party Premier
11 Hsu Ching-chung (徐慶鐘) 3 June 19661 June 19722190 Kuomintang Yen Chia-kan
12 Lin Chin-sheng (林金生) 1 June 197211 June 19761471 Kuomintang Chiang Ching-kuo
13 Chang Feng-hsu (張豐緒) 11 June 19761 June 1978720 Kuomintang Chiang Ching-kuo
14 Chiu Chuang-huan (邱創煥) 1 June 19781 December 19811279 Kuomintang Sun Yun-suan
15 Lin Yang-kang (林洋港) 1 December 19811 June 1984913 Kuomintang Sun Yun-suan
16 Wu Po-hsiung (吳伯雄) 1 June 198422 July 19881512 Kuomintang Yu Kuo-hua
17 Hsu Shui-teh (許水德) 22 July 19881 June 19911044 Kuomintang Yu Kuo-hua
Lee Huan
Hau Pei-tsun
18 Wu Po-hsiung (吳伯雄) 1 June 199115 December 19941293 Kuomintang Hau Pei-tsun
Lien Chan
19 Huang Kun-huei (黃昆輝) 15 December 199410 June 1996543 Kuomintang Lien Chan
20 Lin Fong-cheng (林豐正) 10 June 199615 May 1997339 Kuomintang Lien Chan
21 Yeh Chin-fong (葉金鳳) 15 May 19975 February 1998266 Kuomintang Lien Chan
Vincent Siew
22 Huang Chu-wen (黃主文) 5 February 199820 May 2000835 Kuomintang Vincent Siew
23 Chang Po-ya (張博雅) 20 May 20001 February 2002622 Independent Tang Fei
Chang Chun-hsiung
24 Yu Cheng-hsien (余政憲) 1 February 20029 April 2004798 Democratic Progressive Party Yu Shyi-kun
25 Su Chia-chyuan (蘇嘉全) 9 April 200425 January 2006656 Democratic Progressive Party Yu Shyi-kun
Frank Hsieh
26 Lee I-yang (李逸洋) 25 January 200620 May 2008846 Democratic Progressive Party Su Tseng-chang
Chang Chun-hsiung
27 Liao Liou-yi (廖了以) 20 May 200810 September 2009478 Kuomintang Liu Chao-shiuan
28 Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) 10 September 20096 February 2012879 Independent Wu Den-yih
29 Lee Hong-yuan (李鴻源) 6 February 20123 March 2014756 People First Party Sean Chen
Jiang Yi-huah
30 Chen Wei-zen (陳威仁) 3 March 201420 May 2016809 Kuomintang Jiang Yi-huah
Mao Chi-kuo
Chang San-cheng
31 Yeh Jiunn-rong (葉俊榮) 20 May 201615 July 2018786 Independent Lin Chuan
William Lai
32 Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇) 16 July 2018Incumbent88 Democratic Progressive Party William Lai

Access

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
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