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Ministries Responsible for Public Security in the OAS Member States

Country	Ministry Responsible for Public Security	Current Minister
Antigua and Barbuda	Ministry of National Security & Labour	Errol Cort
Argentina	Ministerio de Seguridad	Nilda Garré
Bahamas	Ministry of National Security	Orville Tommy A. Hurnquest
Barbados	Ministry of Home Affairs Office of the Attorney General	Adriel D. Brathwaite
Belize	Ministry of Police and Public Safety	Douglas Singh
Bolivia	Ministerio de Gobierno	Sacha Sergio Llorenti
Brazil	Ministerio da Justiça	José Eduardo Cardozo
Canada	Ministry of Public Safety	Vic Toews
Chile	Ministerio del Interior	Rodrigo Hinzpeter Kirberg
Colombia	Ministerio de Defensa	Rodrigo Rivera Salazar
Costa Rica	Ministerio de Gobernación, Policía y Seguridad Pública	Mario Zamora Cordero
Dominica	Ministry of National Security	Charles Savarin
Ecuador	Ministerio de Coordinación de Seguridad Ministerio del Interior	Homero Arellano Gustavo Jalkh Roben
El Salvador	Ministerio de Justicia y Seguridad Pública	José Manuel Melgar
United States	US Department of Justice	Eric H. Holder Jr.
Grenada	Ministry of National Security	Tillman Thomas
Guatemala	Ministerio de Gobernación	Carlos Menocal
Guyana	Ministry of Home Affairs	Clement J. Rohee
Haiti	Minister of Justice and Public Security	Josué Pierre-Louis
Honduras	Secretaría de Seguridad	Pompeyo Bonilla
Jamaica	Ministry of National Security	Dwight Nelson
Mexico	Secretaría de Seguridad Pública	Genaro García Luna
Nicaragua	Ministerio de gobernación	Ana Isabel Morales Mazún
Panama	Ministerio de Gobierno y Justicia	J. Raúl Mulino
Paraguay	Ministerio del Interior	Rafael Filizzola
Peru	Ministerio del Interior	Óscar Valdés Dancuar
Dominican Republic	Secretaría de Estado de Interior y Policía	José Ramón Fadul
St Kitts and Nevis	Ministry of National Security, Immigration and Labor	Sam Condor
Saint Lucia	Ministry of Home Affairs and National Security	George Guy Mayers
Saint Vincent	Ministry of National Security Office of the Prime Minister	Ralph Gonsalves
Suriname	Ministry of Defense	Lamure C.A. Latour
Trinidad and Tobago	Ministry of National Security	John Sandy
Uruguay	Ministerio del Interior	Eduardo Bonomi Varela
Venezuela	Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Interiores y Justicia	Tareck El Aissami

Last update: September, 2011