About the Ministry

With the merger of two ministries, those of Justice and Human Rights and Transport, Communications and Local Government, a new entity, the Ministry of the Interior, began operation on 1 January 2011.   

Responsibilities

The ministry's main areas of responsibility are: Transport, Justice, Police Affairs, Security, Communications, Human Rights, Local Government, Elections, Immigration, Family Affairs, Religion and the National Church, Posts and Telecommunications and Consumer Affairs. Budget allocations for matters handled by the ministry amount to just over ISK 59 billion in 2011.

The ministry's staff complement stands at 72. At the end of 2010, the number of man-year-equivalent positions in the agencies under the ministry came to 2,323.

Aim

The Ministry of the Interior is based on new policies and a new structure, enabling it to achieve greater cohesion in the procedures followed in its work.

Work on strategy and policy definition for the new ministry will be undertaken in the coming weeks and months.