Ministry of Interior (Yemen)

The Yemeni Ministry of Interior (MOI) (وزارة الداخلية اليمنية) is a government body that is responsible for internal security and Law enforcement in Yemen. It was established in 1990 after the reunification. On 21 February 2013, President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi issued a presidential decree to reform structure of the Ministry of Interior.[1] The Decree specified that:

reorganization and restructure of MoI should create a national professional police service, on a scientific basis; to rigorously and strictly enforce the Law; to respect citizens’ rights and safeguards; to respect human rights; and to serve the citizens and thus to earn their trust and cooperation in combating crime.[1]

Ministry of Interior (Yemen)
وزارة الداخلية
Emblem of the MOE
Flag of the MOE
Agency overview
Formed1990
Minister responsible
WebsiteThe official website of the Interior Ministry

The Ministry of Interior consists of many departments and services, mainly:

  • Public Security,
  • Special Security Forces (SSF), formerly Central Security Organization
  • Police Facilities and Personalities Protection
  • Police Patrols and Safety Roads (formerly Njdah)
  • Yemeni Civil Defence
  • Coast Guard, established in 2003
  • General Directorate of Transit Police

List of interior ministers
# Interior minister Portrait Term starts Term ends
1 Ghaleb Mutaher al-Qamish 24 May 1990 30 May 1990
2 Yahya al-Mutawakel 30 May 1990 13 June 1995
3 Hussein Arab 13 June 1995 3 April 2001
4 Rashad al-Alimi 4 April 2001 18 May 2008
5 Mutaher al-Masri 19 May 2008 7 December 2011
6 ِAbdul Qader Qahtan 7 December 2011 7 March 2014
7 Abdu Hussein Al-Tarb 7 March 2014 21 September 2014
8 Jalal al-Rowaishan 7 November 2014 22 January 2015
9 Abdu al-Hudhaifi 26 May 2015 1 December 2015
10 Hussein Arab 1 December 2015 25 December 2017
11 Ahmed al-Maisari 25 December 2017 18 December 2020
12 Ibrahim Ali Haidan 18 December 2020 incumbent

References
  1. "صدور قرار جمهوري بشأن مكونات الهيكل التنظيمي لوزارة الداخلية". www.saba.ye (in Arabic). 21 February 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2022.


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