Ministry of the Interior (Cuba)

The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior de la República de Cuba), also known as MININT,[1] is the Cuban government ministry which oversees the home affairs of Cuba. Its headquarter is in a building of Plaza de la Revolución, a central and famous square of Havana.[2][3][1]

Ministry of the Interior
of the Republic of Cuba
Ministerio del Interior de la República de Cuba (MININT)

The MININT building in Havana.
Agency overview
FormedJune 6, 1961 (1961-06-06)
HeadquartersPlaza de la Revolución, Havana
Agency executive
Panoramic view of Plaza de la Revolución and central Havana – MININT's building is in the left, next to Che Guevara sculpture by Enrique Ávila.

History

It was founded on June 6, 1961, replacing and expanding the old Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio de Gobernación), inherited by the Cuban Revolution from the previous governments.[4]

Functions

The organs and structures that are part of the Minister fulfill functions of citizen security, and the establishment of the internal order.[3] The MININT also includes various logistics agencies, force preparation, etc. In addition, it has commercial companies that provide security services as SEPSA (Specialized Protection Services, S.A.), SEISA or ACERPROT), which include chain stores selling to the population.

The Ministry oversees the functions of security and public order through the National Revolutionary Police Force (PNR)[5] and the auxiliary body of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR).

The MININT has its own teaching system, with several national schools (higher institutes) and schools in the provinces. In Havana, it has a polytechnic institute (named Instituto Superior del MININT Eliseo Reyes Rodríguez),[5] for the training of media technicians in specialties related to criminal and police investigation lines.

Ministers

† denotes people who died in office.

No. Portrait MinisterTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyRef
1
Valdés Menéndez, RamiroRamiro Valdés Menéndez
(born 1932)		196119686–7 yearsPCC—
2
del Valle Jiménez, SergioSergio del Valle Jiménez
(1927–2007)		1968197910–11 yearsPCC—
(1)
Valdés Menéndez, RamiroRamiro Valdés Menéndez
(born 1932)		197919855–6 yearsPCC—
3
Abrantes Fernández, JoséJosé Abrantes Fernández198519893–4 yearsPCC—
4
Colomé Ibarra, AbelardoCorps General
Abelardo Colomé Ibarra
(born 1939)		1989201525–26 yearsPCC—
5
Fernández Gondín, CarlosMajor General
Carlos Fernández Gondín
(1938–2017)		26 October 20157 January 2017 †1 year, 73 daysPCC[6][7]
6
Gandarilla Bermejo, Julio CésarDivisional General
Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo		10 January 2017Incumbent3 years, 159 daysPCC[8]

See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) MININT on EcuRed
  2. (in Spanish) Seat of the MININT (EcuRed)
  3. (in Spanish) Ministry of the Interior (Cuban Government website)
  4. (in Spanish) "Timeline of Cuba: 5 centuries of history, politics and culture"
  5. (in Spanish) Structure of the MININT (EcuRed)
  6. "Cuban Interior Minister Carlos Fernandez Gondin Dies". Prensa Latina. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  7. "Cuba's Interior Minister Carlos Gondin dies at 78". Tass. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  8. "Cuba Appoints New Interior Minister". Prensa Latina. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

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