Ministry of the Interior of Cambodia

The Ministry of the Interior is the Interior Ministry of the Kingdom of Cambodia

Cambodia

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. The ministry has a broad mandate and is responsible for public administration

Administrative divisions of Cambodia

Cambodia is divided into twenty-three provinces and the capital Phnom Penh. Provinces are further subdivided into districts and municipalities . Districts are divided into communes and quarters , then further divided into villages...

throughout Cambodia's 24 provinces and 186 districts. The Ministry governs the Cambodian National Police and the administration of the law enforcement

Law enforcement agency

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; including the police academy

Police academy

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, police training, judicial police

Bailiff

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, anti-drug efforts

Illegal drug trade

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, border police and prison administration

Prison

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The Ministry liaises with ASEAN law enforcement offices and with Interpol

Interpol

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The current Minister of Interior (2008) is His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng

Sar Kheng

Sar Kheng is the Cambodian Minister of the Interior. In this capacity he also holds the rank of Deputy Prime Minister. He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party and is one of the highest ranking members of that party. Sar has been the Minister of the Interior since 1998...

. He is assisted by 6 secretaries of state and 4 under-secretaries of state.

Assistant ministers' offices

These offices are headed by an Assistant Minister:

Ministry of Interior, National Police Affairs.
Ministry of Interior, Administrative Affairs.
Ministry of Interior, Jurist Council, Inspection Policies, Administration, and Police Affairs.

Departments

These departments are headed by an Undersecretary of State and an Assistant Minister:

Ministry of Interior, Department of Security, Logistic and Training (except personnel department), Judicial Police, Intervention, and Anti-Narcotics.
Ministry of Interior, Department of Public Orders, Border Police, Tourism Police, and Interpol Bureau.
Ministry of Interior, Department of General and Local Administrations
Ministry of Interior, Departments of Prison and Policies
Ministry of Interior, Department of International Relations and ASEAN, Information, Publicity and Instruction.

External links

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Assistant ministers' offices

Departments

See also

External links