Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)
| Ministerie van Financiën | |
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 Ministry of Finance |
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| Formed | March 12, 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 | Ministry of Finance |
The Ministry of Finance (Dutch: Ministerie van Financiën; Fin) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Finance, Taxation, Financial economic policy and supervision of the Financial markets. The Ministry was created in 1798 as the Department of Finance and in 1876 became the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Finance, currently Jeroen Dijsselbloem.
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:
It is also responsible for several decentralized services:
The ministry also owns most of the shares the Dutch government owns, which are all nationalized companies. These include
It also responsible for overseeing the independent government financial regulatory agency:
For full list, see . (Dutch)
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