Ministry of the Interior (Cuba)
- Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas[1] (PCC)
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The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior de la República de Cuba), also known as MININT, 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.
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.[2]
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)[4] 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),[4] for the training of media technicians in specialties related to criminal and police investigation lines.
Structure
The following structure is in place with MININT as of 2021:[4]
- National Revolutionary Police Force
- Dirección de Inteligencia
- Special National Brigade (or Black Berets)[5][6]
- State Security Department
- Technical Directorate of Investigations
- Directorate of Border Guard Troops
- Cuban Fire Department
- Directorate of Personal Security
- Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Operations
- Directorate of Penitentiary Establishments
- Directorate of Attention to Minors
- Directorate of Identification, Immigration and Aliens
Ministers
† denotes people who died in office.
No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() | Valdés Menéndez, RamiroRamiro Valdés Menendéz (born 1932) | 1961 | 1968 | 6–7 years | PCC | — |
2 | ![]() | del Valle Jiménez, SergioSergio del Valle Jiménez (1927–2007) | 1968 | 1979 | 10–11 years | PCC | — |
(1) | ![]() | Valdés Menéndez, RamiroRamiro Valdés Menendéz (born 1932) | 1979 | 1985 | 5–6 years | PCC | — |
3 | ![]() | Abrahantes Fernández, JoséJosé Abrahantes Fernández [es] | 1985 | 1989 | 3–4 years | PCC | — |
4 | ![]() | Colomé Ibarra, AbelardoCorps General Abelardo Colomé Ibarra (born 1939) | 1989 | 2015 | 25–26 years | PCC | — |
5 | ![]() | Fernández Gondín, CarlosDivisional General Carlos Fernández Gondín (1938–2017) | 26 October 2015 | 7 January 2017 † | 1 year, 73 days | PCC | [7][8] |
6 | ![]() | Gandarilla Bermejo, Julio CésarDivisional General Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo (1943–2020) | 10 January 2017 | 24 November 2020 † | 3 years, 319 days | PCC | [9][10] |
7 | ![]() | Álvarez Casas, Lázaro AlbertoDivisional General Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas | 24 November 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 285 days | PCC | [1] |
References
- ^ a b "Designan al General de Brigada Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas como Ministro del Interior". Cubadebate. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ Fornés Bonavía, Leopoldo; Fornés-Bonavia Dolz, Leopoldo (2003). Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura. Editorial Verbum. ISBN 9788479622480.
- ^ "Ficha_Minint". www.cubagob.cu. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "60th Anniversary of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Cuba (MININT)".
- ^ https://latin-american.news/special-troops-in-cuba-the-repression-is-paid-with-boxes-of-chicken/ [bare URL]
- ^ https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0288 [bare URL]
- ^ "Cuban Interior Minister Carlos Fernandez Gondin Dies". Prensa Latina. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Cuba's Interior Minister Carlos Gondin dies at 78". Tass. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Cuba Appoints New Interior Minister". Prensa Latina. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ Cuba's Minister of the Interior passed away
External links
Media related to Ministry of the Interior of Cuba at Wikimedia Commons
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