The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior

The Ministry of the Interior - Interface between politics and administration

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The Minister of the Interior and the Permanent Secretary determine the political objectives, their staff advise them and then implement their decisions at the administrative level. This, in brief, is the role of our Ministry, set at the interface between politics and administration. More precisely, this means:

On the one hand, the Ministry of the Interior has a "governmental function". In other words, within its own sphere of responsibility, it prepares and implements Cabinet decisions. For example, the Board of Building and Public Works has explored the possible application of telematics in the Munich and Nuremberg conurbations. Following the approval of the Cabinet, the Ministry successfully implemented major traffic-control measures within a short period of time.

The "departments" and its entire staff assist the Minister and the Permanent Secretary, as members of the Bavarian State Government, to translate political guidelines set out by the Minister-President into action, and to advise the State Parliament of its aims and its plans. It informs the public through active media work. The Ministry of the Interior represents Bavaria's interests in the -- Bundesrat -- (the Council of Constituent States), for example, with legislative procedures to help fight organized crime better. Also, the Ministry prepares upcoming resolutions for the Conference of the Ministers of the Interior or the Building Ministers -- Conference.

On the other hand, the Ministry of the Interior is the "supreme authority" , for example, for police and municipal affairs. It sees to it that the law is observed uniformly throughout Bavaria and issues the appropriate directives. At the same time, it exercises ultimate authority over the bureaus it controls, that is, administrations, police departments, district administrator's offices, or highways and building departments. Part of this "administrative function" is to implement political and technical objectives set out by the ministers and state government, as well as ensuring that European legislation and federal German law are enforced.