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The Ministry of the Internal Administration (Portuguese: Ministério da Administração Interna) or MAI is the Portuguese Government department responsible for the public security the civil defense the electoral administration the road traffic safety and the immigration and refugee affairs.The MAI was created in 1736 by King John V of Portugal as the Secretariat of State for the Interior Affairs of the Kingdom (Secretaria de Estado dos Negócios Interiores do Reino) later being known simply as the Ministry of the Kingdom (Ministério do Reino).
