Ministry of Internal Security
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 12 October 2018 |
| Preceding |
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| Dissolved | 3 March 2020 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Friends Society |
The Ministry of Internal Security (Hindi: आंतरिक सुरक्षा मंत्रालय) was a cabinet-level agency of the Government of Friends Society responsible for the maintenance of internal and public security within the nation. The ministry was formed on 12 October 2018 after the erstwhile Department of Internal Security of the Ministry of Home Affairs was created as an independent ministry to be headed by a cabinet minister. Arnab Sil was appointed as the first Minister of Internal Security on 12 October 2018.
History
The Ministry of Internal Security was created on 12 October 2018 by then President Dhrubajyoti Roy to deduce the powers and functions of the Ministry of Home Affairs over the subjects of internal and public security affairs. Arnab Sil was thereupon appointed as the first Minister of Internal Security.
On 16 July 2019, the ministry was renamed as the Ministry of Security, however was reverted back to its original name on 6 August 2019. The ministry was abolished on 2 September 2019 and its functions were transferred to its parent ministry.
On 16 November 2019, the ministry was re-created as the Ministry of National Security and was merged back with the Ministry of Home Affairs on 3 March 2020. As of 2022, the Department of Internal Security is a department of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
List of ministers
Cabinet Ministers
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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| From | To | Period | ||||||
| Ministers of Internal Security (12 October 2018 – 16 July 2019) | ||||||||
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Arnab Sil अर्नब सिल (born 2004) |
12 October 2018 |
6 January 2019 |
86 days | Congress | Dhrubajyoti VII | Dhrubajyoti Roy | |
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Abhiraj Kar अभिराज कर (born 2006) |
7 January 2019 |
17 March 2019 |
69 days | Tanishkaa IV | Tanishkaa Patranabish | ||
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Asmi Patranabis असमी पत्रनबिस (born 2007) |
17 March 2019 |
3 June 2019 |
78 days | Tanishkaa V | |||
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Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001) |
3 June 2019 |
16 July 2019 |
43 days | ||||
| Ministers of Security (16 July 2019) | ||||||||
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Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001) |
16 July 2019 |
6 August 2019 |
21 days | Congress | Tanishkaa V | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |
| Ministers of Internal Security (6 August – 2019) | ||||||||
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Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनाबिश (born 2004) |
6 August 2019 |
2 September 2019 |
27 days | Congress | Tanishkaa V | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |
| Ministry abolished on 2 September 2019. | ||||||||
| Ministers of National Security (16 November – 2019) | ||||||||
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Arpan Deka अर्पण डेका (born 2008) MoS (I/c) |
16 November 2019 |
9 December 2019 |
23 days | Congress | Tanishkaa V | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |
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Saikat Seal सैकत सील (born 2006) |
9 December 2019 |
12 December 2019 |
3 days | ||||
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Rajdeep Deka राजदीप डेका |
12 December 2019 |
3 March 2020 |
82 days | ||||
| Ministry merged with the Ministry of Home Affairs on 3 March 2020. | ||||||||
Ministers of State
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | Cabinet Minister | ||||
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| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Ministers of State for Internal Security (12 October 2018 – 16 July 2019) | ||||||||||
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Abhirup Patranabis अभिरूप पत्रनबिस (born 2012) |
7 January 2019 |
17 March 2019 |
69 days | Congress | Tanishkaa IV | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Abhiraj Kar | ||
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Arpan Deka अर्पण डेका (born 2008) |
17 March 2019 |
16 July 2019 |
121 days | Tanishkaa V | Asmi Patranabis | ||||
| Bishnu Chetry | ||||||||||
| Ministers of State for Security (16 July – 6 August 2019) | ||||||||||
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Abhirup Patranabis अभिरूप पत्रनबिस (born 2012) |
16 July 2019 |
6 August 2019 |
21 days | Congress | Tanishkaa V | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Bishnu Chetry | ||
| Ministers of State for Internal Security (6 August – 2019) | ||||||||||
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Abhirup Patranabis अभिरूप पत्रनबिस (born 2012) |
6 August 2019 |
2019 |
4 years, 117 days | Congress | Tanishkaa V | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Tanishkaa Patranabish | ||
| Ministry abolished on 2 September 2019. | ||||||||||
