The Ministry of the Interior, Municipal Affairs, Housing and Sport has more than 500 employees working in various areas of responsibility, which are divided into seven departments. In addition to General Department 1, which deals with issues of internal organization, personnel administration and basic legal issues, there are a further six specialist departments: Department of Civil Protection and Regulatory Law (Department 2), Municipal Department (Department 3), Police Department (Department 4), Construction and Housing (Department 5), Regional Planning (Department 6) and Protection of the Constitution (Department 7).