Ministry of Interior (Essexia)

Interior Ministry
Seal of the Interior Ministry of Essexia
Incumbent Rt Hon Matthew MP since 3 May 2021
Interior Ministry of Essexia
Appointer	Emperor James of Essexia on the advice of the First Minister Rt Hon Jack MP

The Interior Ministry of Essexia is a government department of the Commonwealth of Essexia, and is a key department in the Cabinet of Essexia. It is in charge the general administration of the Essexian National Order, which is the Essexian equivalent of the civil service. The department is headed by the Interior Minister who is currently Rt Hon Matthew MP, who is responsible for many of the internal affairs of Essexia, mostly updating of the population records, the administration of Parliament records and other archives. They also hold one of the two pardoning powers of the Commonwealth.

The Interior Minister originally held a role with responsibilities more resembling that of a British Home Secretary. Under the 2019 Constitution, the Interior Minister was a role that became appointed by the monarch under the advice of the First Minister of Essexia, although in theory the Emperor has no say in the matter and has never prevented a First Ministerial appointment.

List of Junior Departments

Ministerial Reform Act

Under the Ministerial Reform Act, a series of new departments under the Interior Ministry were established to help it cope with its increasing workload and to assign a Junior Minister to each of the Interiors key areas. The three junior ministries are;

• Department of Enrolment
• Department of National Administration
• Department of Security and Social Affairs
• Department of Transport
• Chief Data Controller

The Department of Enrolment is in charge of handling the immigration into and from Essexia, and the registration, recording, and handling of all Essexian Citizenship's.

The Department of National Administration is more broad, and handles areas that are not covered by other Departments.

The Department of Security and Social Affairs is in charge of handling the operation of the National Police, Fire, Ambulance, Coastguard, and Air Marshall departments, with the aim of making the Citizens of Essexias’ lives safer. It also handles the National Security of the Nation in any appropriate circumstance, and the conduct and behaviour of the Parliament, Crown Ministries, Junior Ministries, and Civil Services. Notably, the latter department holds significant power for a junior department; after the Ministerial Code of Conduct 2019 its role became more structured and had the framework it needed to operate within the bounds of the law.

The Department of Transport is responsible for all state-owned transportation in Essexia, as well as the services involved within transportation (Such as handling driving licenses and infrastructure).

The Chief Data Controller is responsible for the protection and regulation of all data that Essexia holds on its citizens, and upholding the Data Protection and Regulation Act 2020.

Imperial Decree XI

Under imperial Decree XI, which was established in January 2021, the following Ministries became Junior Ministries under the Interior:

• Media
• Education
• Sport
• Culture
• Health
• Environment

Notable laws established

In terms of the amount of legislation produced by a department, the Interior Ministry has always been, and still is, the most productive ministry, producing over fifty acts that have subsequently become law in as little as two years. Some of its most notable acts include;

• The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Essexia (produced by Lord Matthew of Essexia while he was in the Interior Ministry.)
• Constitutional Reform Act 2019
• Provinces Act 2019
• Essexian National Order Act 2018
• Electoral Law Act 2018
• Great Reform Act 2019
• Shenfield Autonomy Act 2020
• Parliamentary Sessions Act 2019
• Date Protection and Regulation Act 2020

List of Interior Ministers

Ministers of the Interior

Portrait	Term in Office	Minister	Party	Government	Notes
	Early 2018 to 22 July 2018	Lord Matthew	None	Hawarden Ministry
	22 July 2018 to 9 August 2018 10 days	Earl Finn of Hawarden	Liberal Socialist and Cooperative Party	Hawarden Ministry Essexian Political Commonwealth I Essexian Political Commonwealth II Jamie Ministry	Shortest tenure as Interior Ministry.
	9 August 2018 to 1 January 2019 145 days	Lord Matthew	Royalist Party of Essexia	Hawarden Ministry
	1 January 2019 to 29 July 2019 209 days	Earl Jack of Essexia	National Conservative Party of Essexia	Essexian Political Commonwealth I Essexian Political Commonwealth II Jamie Ministry Jacob Ministry	First Interior Minister to become First Minister of Essexia.
	29 July 2019 to 3 March 2020 218 days	Earl Finn of Hawarden	Liberal Socialist and Cooperative Party of Essexia	Jacob Ministry Rhino Ministry Transferal Government Interim Giraffe Government Rhino Ministry II Giraffe Ministry	Oversaw the collapse of the government several times under the series of military juntas during 2019. Longest single tenure as Interior Minister.
	3 March 2020 to 11 May 2020 69 days	Earl Jack of Molrams	Giraffe Concordat	Giraffe Ministry	First Interior Minister to become re-assume the role after another ministerial position.
	11 May 2020 to 1 June 2020 21 days	Crown Minister Matthew G	Giraffe Concordat	Giraffe Ministry
	1 June 2020 to 9 July 2020 38 days	Lord Matthew	Progressive Workers' Party/Rhino Alliance	Rhino Ministry III
	9 July 2020 to 12 September 2020	Crown Minister Harley C	Progressive Workers' Party/Rhino Alliance	Rhino Ministry III
	11 September 2020 to 7 February 2021	Lord Jamie	Royalist Party of Essexia/Giraffe Concordat	Weeaboo Ministry
	7 February 2021 to 02 March 2021 23 days	Crown Minister Matthew G	Royalist Party of Essexia/Giraffe Concordat	Giraffe Ministry II
	2 March 2021 to 27 April 2021 56 days	Rt Hon Matthew S MP	The Greens	von Uberquie Ministry
	3 May 2021 to Present	Rt Hon Matthew MP	Royalist Party of Essexia	Giraffe Ministry III Giraffe Ministry IV