Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria


The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria  also known as the Ministry of the Interior is an official government agency of the partially recognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. It is the executive body in implementing defense policies in of the Armed Forces of Transnistria. It is the successor to the Soviet Department of Internal Affairs Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic The current Minister of Internal Affairs is Major General Ruslan Mova.

History of the ministry

On March 5, 1991, the Government of the PMSSR approved the creation of a Department of Internal Affairs of the PMSSR. Between September to December 1991, Transnistrian cities began to establish local police departments that are affiliated to the national agency. By decree of the Supreme Council of the newly formed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic on September 8, 1992, a new structure of the state administration bodies was approved, including the renaming of the Department of Internal Affairs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the PMR. Initially, the ministry's headquarters staff was only made up of 18 units.

Structure

The ministry is divided into the following general parts:
The structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also supplemented by:

Educational Institutions

The Band of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria, also known as the MVD Band is the musical ensemble of the Transnistria Ministry of Internal Affairs. Founded in June 1993, the bans performs at various official community events. Since its establishment, the band has been headed by Lieutenant Colonel Valentin Memey.

List of Ministers

The following is a list of ministers of defense of Transnistria from 1991–Present: