Slovensko

Ministry of the Interior

 

 

Gregor Virant, D.Sc.

Minister

 

Telephone: +386 1 428 40 00

Fax: +386 1 251 43 30

E-mail: gp.mnz[@]gov.si

 

 

 

 

Robert Marolt, M.Sc.

State Secretary

Telephone: +386 1 428 47 21

Fax: +386 1 251 43 30

E-mail: gp.mnz[@]gov.si

 

 

 

Barbara Brezigar

State Secretary

Telephone: +386 1 428 43 24

Fax: +386 1 428 49 72

E-mail: gp.mnz[@]gov.si

 

 

Bodies Affiliated to the Ministry

Police

Štefanova 2, 1501 Ljubljana

Phone: +386 (0)1 428 40 00

fax: +386 (0)1 428 47 33

Internet: http://www.policija.si/portal_en/  

 

Director-General:

Stanislav Veniger

e-mail: gp.policija[@]gov.si

Deputy Director-General:

Phone: +386 (0)1 428 42 69

fax: +386 (0)1 428 49 12

 

As a body within the Ministry, the police force is one of the pillars of national security, ensuring a high degree of internal security for all inhabitants of Slovenia, by protecting the constitutional order and democratic political system as well as other constitutional values. The functioning of the Police is founded on the exercising and respect of the legal order, European conventions and recommendations, plus an ethical and professional approach alongside consistent respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

 

Police duties include protecting the life, personal safety and property of individuals, prevention and investigation of criminal offences and violations, detection and arrest of perpetrators of criminal offences and violations, and of other wanted persons and their remand to the competent authorities; maintenance of public order; supervision and regulation of traffic on public and unregistered roads available for public use; protection of national borders and control of border crossings; carrying out duties laid down in the regulations on aliens; protection of certain individuals, bodies, structures and locations, and protecting the secrecy of data of state bodies.

 

Police organisation

 

In accordance with the law, the Police is organised to perform duties on the national, regional and local levels. Duties are performed by the general police administration, police administration units and police stations. Police tasks at the regional level fall within the jurisdiction of individual police administration units, and those at local level within the jurisdiction of the police stations.

  • The General Police Administration, headed by the Director-General of the Police, adopts guidelines, determines strategy and monitors the performance of police duties.
  • The police administration units are headed by directors, who report to the Director-General of the Police.
  • Police stations perform duties relating to general and transport safety, and to border security. Police stations are headed by Commanders, who report to the director of the relevant police administration.

 

 

Internal Affairs Inspectorate

Kersnikova 2, 1501 Ljubljana

Acting Chief Inspector: Mitja Perko, M.Sc.

Phone: +386 (0)1 428 58 70

fax: +386 (0)1 428 58 71

e-mail: inz.mnz@gov.si

Internet: http://www.inz.gov.si/en/ http://www.inz.gov.si/ 

 

The Internal Affairs Inspectorate performs the tasks of inspection supervision of the implementation of regulations in the fields of private protection, detection activities, weapons, ammunition, explosives and administrative affairs relating to transportation.

 

Established by Government decree on 1 January 2004, it began formal operations on 15 February 2004. The Inspectorate is a body within the Ministry of the Interior, and performs tasks in the following areas:

  • overseeing implementation of regulations in the area of private protection and detective work;
  • overseeing implementation of regulations in the area of weapons and ammunition;
  • overseeing implementation of regulations in the area of roadworthiness inspections of motor vehicles;
  • overseeing implementation of regulations in the area of the system of public servants;
  • administrative inspection.

Public Administration Inspectorate

Župančičeva ulica 6, 1000 Ljubljana
Phone: +386 1 369 57 80
e-mail: gp.iju[@]gov.si
Chief Inspector: Igor Klinar, M.Sc.
 

The Public Administration Inspectorate performs inspections of the implementation of regulations and general acts governing the employment relationships of civil servants, the implementation of the General Administrative Procedure Act and other acts governing administrative procedures, and the implementation of the Decree on Administrative Operations and the Access to Public Information Act.

Directorates of the Ministry

  • Police and Security Directorate
    Director-General: Dr Miroslav Žaberl
     
  • State Prosecution Directorate
    Director-General: Gaja Štovičej
     
  • Internal Administrative Affairs, Migration and Naturalisation Directorate
    Director-General: Bojan Trnovšek, M.Sc.

Main Areas of Activity

The Ministry of the Interior is responsible for public security and policing, the organisation and status of the State Prosecutor's Office, judicial supervision over the operation of the State Prosecutor's Office, judicial administration in the field of the State Prosecutor's Office, international cooperation and international legal assistance in the part which refers to State Prosecutor's Offices; and tasks concerning administrative domestic affairs and migration and the implementation of constitutional and legislative regulations related to the special rights of the members of the Italian and Hungarian national communities, and monitoring and providing for the protection of the special rights of the Roma community living in the Republic of Slovenia.