The Ministry of the Interior of Peru is charged with administrating the interior government of Peru

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

Vision

To be a competent sector and to maintain levels of high productivity, to guarantee the populace freedom to exercise their fundamental rights and liberties, to protect democratic internal order, public order and the safety of the citizen, promoting the values of democracy, of culture, peace, and human rights.

External links

• Official Website of the Ministry of the Interior