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The '''Ministry of Interior''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: وزارة الداخلية) is the Interior ministry of [[Saudi Arabia]] and is the responsible authority for [[national security]], [[naturalization]], [[immigration]] and [[customs]] in Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1951 after the combined ministerial body covering financial and interior affairs were separated.

==Organization==
The ministry consists of the following units:

===Division of Internal Security===
* [[General Directorate of Public Security]]
* General Directorate of [[Civil Defense]]
* General Directorate of Corrections
* General Directorate of Court Services
* General Directorate of The Two Holy Mosques' Security

===Division of Naturalisation and Residency===
The Division of Naturalisation and Residency enforces immigration laws with the Ministry's "Immigration and Customs enforcement Police". The Ministry is also responsible for issuing Passports and National Identification for Saudi citizens and [[iqama|residence permits]] for non-Saudis. It is headed by Ahmed Hammam

==Minister==

The first minister of interior was Abdullah bin Faisal, son of [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal]]. [[Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Ahmed]] was appointed interior minister on 18 June 2012. It was reported that he would not basically alter the security policies of Saudi Arabia since the country faced a threat from [[Al Qaeda]] in [[Yemen]] and experienced an unrest among its [[Shi'ite Muslim]] minority.

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