The Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA; ) was a cabinet-level ministry of the South Korean government. It was one of eleven initial cabinet-level ministries created with the establishment of the South Korean government and the passage of the in 1948. In February 1998, the Ministry of Home Affairs was merged with the to create the .
The Ministry of Home Affairs oversaw a wide range of internal affairs, including regional administration, public security, civil defense, and firefighting.
Administration and History
On July 17, 1948, on the same day the South Korean Constitution was announced, the Constituent National Assembly of the Republic of Korea ratified the Government Organization Act as its first legislative act. The Government Organization Act provided for the creation of 11 cabinet-level ministries, including the Ministry of Home Affairs. Succeeding the United States Army Military Government in Korea, the government of the Republic of Korea was officially promulgated on August 15, 1948, and the Ministry of Home Affairs was formally organized on November 4 of the same year.
The Ministry of Home Affairs was headed by a Minister of Home Affairs, who was also a member of the State Council. Three bureausthe Bureau of Public Safety (), the Bureau of Local Administration (), and the Bureau of Construction ()consisted of the ministry at the time of its founding. The powers and jurisdiction of the ministry shifted vastly following the various reforms of the South Korean government. Affiliated agencies of the ministry included various organizations related to public security, including the Korean National Police University, the National Fire Service Academy, and the National Forensic Service.
In February 1998, the Kim Dae-jung administration finalized its plans to combine the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Government Administration as part of its policies to strengthen local government. On February 28, the two agencies merged together to form the Ministry of the Interior following the National Assembly's amendment to the Government Organization Act.
List of Ministers PortraitNameTerm of OfficePresidentTook OfficeLeft Office Time in Office1Yun Chi-young2 August 194822 December 1948Syngman Rhee2Shin Song-mo23 December 194820 March 1949321 March 19496 February 195047 February 195016 July 19505Chough Pyung-ok17 July 19506 May 195167 May 195112 January 1952 -17 January 19525 February 195276 February 195223 May 19528Lee Beom-seok24 May 195222 July 1952924 July 195228 August 19521029 August 19529 September 1953 -10 September 195319 September 19531119 September 195321 April 19551222 April 195520 May 19561321 May 19563 February 1957144 February 195725 September 19571526 September 195716 June 19581617 June 195826 August 19581727 August 195819 March 19591820 March 195922 March 196019Hong Jin-ki23 March 196024 April 19602025 April 196022 August 1960Yun Po-sun2123 August 196011 September 19602212 September 196012 October 19602313 October 196019 November 19602420 November 19602 May 1961253 May 196119 May 19612620 May 196114 October 1962Park Chung Hee (acting)2715 October 196223 November 1963 -Lee Gye-soon23 November 196316 December 19632817 December 196310 May 1964Park Chung Hee2911 May 196414 April 19663015 April 196629 June 19673130 June 196720 May 19683221 May 19683 June 1971334 June 19716 October 197134Kim Hyun-ok7 October 19712 December 1973353 December 197320 August 19743621 August 197418 December 19753719 December 197521 December 19783822 December 197814 December 1979Choi Kyu-hah39Kim Jong-hwan15 December 19792 September 1980Chun Doo-hwan40Suh Chung-hwa3 September 198027 April 198241Roh Tae-woo28 April 19826 July 1983427 July 198318 February 19854319 February 198526 August 198644Kim Chong-hoh27 August 198620 January 198745Chung Ho-yong21 January 198725 May 198746Goh Kun26 May 198713 July 198747Jeong Gwan-yong14 July 198713 September 19874814 September 198724 February 19884925 February 19886 May 1988Roh Tae-woo507 May 19884 December 198851Lee Han-dong5 December 198818 July 19895219 July 198918 March 19905319 March 199028 April 199154Lee Sang-yun29 April 199130 March 19925531 March 19928 October 1992569 October 199225 February 199357Lee Hae-gu26 February 199321 December 1993Kim Young-sam5822 December 199323 December 19945924 December 199420 December 19956021 December 199512 February 199761Suh Chung-hwa13 February 19975 March 1997626 March 19975 August 1997636 August 19972 March 1998
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