Ministry of Interior (Yemen)

Ministry of Interior (Yemen)

وزارة الداخلية
Emblem of the MOI
Flag of the MOI
Agency overview
Formed	1990
Minister responsible	Ibrahim Haidan
Website	The official website of the Interior Ministry

The Yemeni Ministry of Interior (MOI) (وزارة الداخلية اليمنية) is a government body that is responsible for internal security and Law enforcement in Yemen. It was established in 1990 after the reunification. On 21 February 2013, President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi issued a presidential decree to reform structure of the Ministry of Interior.^[1] The Decree specified that:

reorganization and restructure of MoI should create a national professional police service, on a scientific basis; to rigorously and strictly enforce the Law; to respect citizens’ rights and safeguards; to respect human rights; and to serve the citizens and thus to earn their trust and cooperation in combating crime.^[1]

The Ministry of Interior consists of many departments and services, mainly:

• Public Security,
• Special Security Forces (SSF), formerly Central Security Organization
• Police Facilities and Personalities Protection
• Police Patrols and Safety Roads (formerly Njdah)
• Yemeni Civil Defence
• Coast Guard, established in 2003
• General Directorate of Transit Police

#	Interior minister	Portrait	Term starts	Term ends
1	Ghaleb Mutaher al-Qamish		24 May 1990	30 May 1990
2	Yahya al-Mutawakel		30 May 1990	13 June 1995
3	Hussein Arab		13 June 1995	3 April 2001
4	Rashad al-Alimi		4 April 2001	18 May 2008
5	Mutaher al-Masri		19 May 2008	7 December 2011
6	ِAbdul Qader Qahtan		7 December 2011	7 March 2014
7	Abdu Hussein Al-Tarb		7 March 2014	21 September 2014
8	Jalal al-Rowaishan		7 November 2014	22 January 2015
9	Abdu al-Hudhaifi		26 May 2015	1 December 2015
10	Hussein Arab		1 December 2015	25 December 2017
11	Ahmed al-Maisari		25 December 2017	18 December 2020
12	Muhammad al-Houthi (SPC)		15 October 2020	incumbent
13	Ibrahim Ali Haidan (PLC)		18 December 2020	incumbent