Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)

Core functions

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

• 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

Department structure

• 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 Association's Preparatory Office

Administrative agencies under the Ministry of Interior

• Architecture and Building Research Institute
• Central Police University
• Construction and Planning Agency
• Land Consolidation Engineering Bureau
• National Airborne Service Corps
• National Conscription Agency
• National Fire Agency
• National Immigration Agency
• National Land Surveying and Mapping Center
• National Police Agency

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