Ministry of the Interior (Peru)
Encyclopedia
The Ministry of the Interior of Peru is charged with administrating the interior government of Peru
as well managing National Police of Peru
. The present minister is Oscar Valdés Dancuart.
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
as well managing National Police of Peru
National Police of Peru
The Peruvian National Police is the national police force of Peru. Its jurisdiction covers the nation's land, sea, and air territories. Formed from the merger of the Investigative Police, the Civil Guard, and the Republican Guard in 1988, it is one of the largest police forces in Latin America...
. The present minister is Oscar Valdés Dancuart.
Functions
- To plan, formulate, direct, control, and evaluate the policy of the sector
- To direct, conduct, coordinate, and supervise the actions of the interior government and immigration and naturalization as well as to control security services, weapons, munitions, and civil-use explosives
- To maintain and establish internal order and public order
- To prevent and combat delinquency, and to investigate crimes
- To ensure the vigilance and integrity of the nation's borders as well as to protect and maintain custody over public and private heritage
- To realize intelligence activities within the scope that the law entails
- Other functions that the law entails