Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Colombia)

Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público
Ministry Headquarters in Bogotá
Ministry overview
Formed	1821
Headquarters	Carrera 8 № 6-64 Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Annual budget	COP$10,268,765,179,448 (est. 2010)[1]
Ministry executives	Juan Carlos Echeverry Garzón, Minister Bruce Mac Master Rojas, Deputy Minister General Rodrigo de Jesús Suescún Melo, Deputy Technical Minister
Child agencies	Directorate of National Taxes and Customs, DIAN Unit of Financial Information and Analysis, UIAF General Accounting Office Financial Superintendence Economic Solidarity Superintendence FOGAFIN FOGACOOP
Website
www.minhacienda.gov.co

The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Spanish: Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público), is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for the financial and budgetary matters of the country as well as implementing the financial policies passed by Congress, equivalent to the finance ministries of other countries.

The first Minister of Finance and Public Credit was José María del Castillo y Rada who was appointed by Simón Bolívar to the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit in 1821.^[2]

References

1. ^ Ley de Presupuesto General de la Nación 2010, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, 2010, p. 23, http://www.minhacienda.gov.co/portal/page/portal/MinHacienda/haciendapublica/presupuesto/programacion/inicio/Ley2010/TOMO%200.pdf, retrieved 2010-08-18 
2. ^ "Reseña Histórica". Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público. 2008-12-03. http://www.minhacienda.gov.co/MinHacienda/elministerio/quienessomos/BibliotecaGeneral. Retrieved 11 August 2010.