Ministry of the Interior of EstoniaGovernment

The Ministry of the Interior of Estonia (Siseministeerium) is the cabinet-level government department responsible for national internal security, public order, and crisis management. Its mandate is to ensure domestic safety, protect state borders, manage citizenship and migration policies, oversee rescue services, and supervise law enforcement agencies including the Police and Border Guard Board and the Internal Security Service (Kaitsepolitsei). First established on November 12, 1918, during the formation of the Estonian Provisional Government to defend civil order during the Estonian War of Independence, the ministry was officially re-established on March 1, 1991, as Estonia restored its democratic statehood from Soviet control.