Minister of Finance (Netherlands)
| Dutch: Ministerie van Financiën | |
Logo of the Ministry of Finance
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 Building of the Ministry of Finance |
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| Formed | 12 March 1798 |
| Jurisdiction | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Headquarters | Korte Voorhout 7, The Hague, Netherlands |
| Employees | 1,500 |
| Annual budget | €11,7 billion (2013) |
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| Deputy Minister responsible | |
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| Website | (in English) Ministry of Finance |
The Ministry of Finance (Dutch: Ministerie van Financiën; FIN) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Economic policy, Monetary policy, Fiscal policy, Tax policy, Incomes policy, Regulations, Government budget and the Financial market. The Ministry was created in 1798 as the Department of Finance of the Batavian Republic. In 1876, it became the Ministry of Finance. The Minister of Finance (Dutch: Minister van Financiën) is the head of the Ministry and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The current Minister is Wopke Hoekstra].
The ministry was founded in 1798. In the early history of the ministry, the Prime Minister often served as Minister of Finance. Pieter Philip van Bosse served as Minister of Finance five times. Since 1965 a State Secretary has been appointed each formation with responsibility for taxation. The most recent Prime Minister to serve as his own Minister of Finance was Jelle Zijlstra (1966–67).
The ministry has the duty to "guard the treasury and aim for a financially sound and prosperous state of the Netherlands.
The ministry is currently headed by one minister and one State secretary. The ministry's main office is located in the centre of The Hague at the Korte Voorhout. It employs almost 1,500 civil servants. The civil service is headed by a secretary general and a deputy secretary general, who head a system of four directorates general:
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