Ministry of Internal Affairs (Crimea)


Ministry of Interior in the Republic of Crimea is de facto the main police authority in Crimea in the Southern Federal District that was established by Russia after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea. Crimea is recognized as part of Ukraine by most of the international community.
The current minister is Sergey Abisov. The Ministry's Headquarters is located in Simferopol, 4 Khmelnisky B. street.

Main functions

The first independent law enforcement body in Crimea was formed on April 9, 1921 with the establishment of The Extraordinary Commission of Crimean Oblast by decree No. 332 of the Revolutionary Committee of Crimea.
After the formation of Soviet Militsiya, the commission was called as Crimean Militsiya and officially began to be named as Main Republic's Militsiya. Om March 4, 1922 the Extraordinary Commission of Crimean Oblast was renamed as Crimean Political Directorate with 390 officers.
In 1922 all the policing bodies in Crimea became part of the NKVD of Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
In March 1946 the NKVD was renamed to Ministry for Internal Affairs. In November 1962 the Ministry was renamed as Directorate for Public Order and shortly after it became Directorate for Internal Affairs under the Executive Committee of Crimea.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Crimean Interior Ministry re-organized in May 1994 as Crimea's Main Directorate for Internal Affairs of Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
In March 2014 the Main Directorate has become the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea and was re-organized as part of Russian Policing system.

Heads of Police and Ministershttp://www.politika.crimea.ua/sovet-ministrov-kryma/dejstvuyushchie-ministerstva/888-ministerstvo-vnutrennikh-del-kryma [List of Crimean Interior Ministries]

Chief of Police