The establishment of the UAE on the 2nd of December 1971 has expressed the people's will to achieve unity, prosperity, and progress as well as endeavor to get strength and dignity. Also the unification of security in the country has come as a real expression of the unity of the UAE territory and people.

The setting of the Ministry of Interior came immediately thereafter as it was considered one of the essential federal authorities where the full integration of police and security systems is still one of its vital and important targets.

At its establishment, at the beginning of the creation of the UAE federation, the Ministry of Interior was led by elite officials like H.H. Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, the first Minister of Interior; later Hmooda bin Ali became the state Minister for Internal Affairs then the Minister of Interior.