Ministry of Interior (Hungary)

The Ministry of Interior of Hungary (Hungarian: Belügyminisztérium [ˈbɛlyɟministeːrijum]) is a part of the Hungarian state organisation.

Its head, the Minister of the Interior, is a member of the Hungarian cabinet.

In the early 1980s, there were four separate internal security forces under the Ministry of Interior.

These included the Internal Security Troops (Belső Karhatalom); the State Security Authority (Államvelédelmi Hatoság, ÁVH)'s Security Police, the Frontier Guard or Border Guard (Határőrség, HO, hu:Határőrség Magyarországon), wearing army uniforms, 15,000 strong; and the Workers' Militia (Munkás Őrség, MO).

[1] By mid-1986 it was estimated that the Frontier Guards were 16,000 strong, with 11,000 conscripts, divided into 11 districts.

The seat of the ministry at István Széchenyi Square in Budapest, former head office of Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest