Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)

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The Ministry of Finance (Ministerie van Financiën; Fin) is the Dutch ministry of finance: it is occupied with the national budget, taxation and financial economic policy, including supervision of financial markets. The current minister is Jan Kees de Jager.

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Responsibilities

The ministry has the duty to "guard the treasury and aim for a financially sound and prosperous state of the Netherlands’" [1].

  • It is responsible for the income and expenditure of the Kingdom.
  • It collects the taxes and develops fiscal legislation.
  • It seeks to expend the budget of the government responsibly, efficiently and effectively.
  • It is also responsible for financial-economic policy.
  • It supervises the financial markets, banks and financial transfers.

Organisation

The ministry is currently headed by one ministers and one state secretary. The ministry's main office is located in the centre of The Hague at the Korte Voorhout. Since March 2006 the ministry is renovated and it is temporarily housed in the Prinessenhof.[citation needed] 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:

  • General Thesaury (financial economic policy)
  • Directorate General for the Budget
  • Directorate General for Fiscal Affairs
  • Directorate General for Taxation

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

History

The ministry was founded in 1813. Since 1965 a state secretary has been appointed each formation with responsibility for taxation.

List of Ministers of Finance

Minister of Finance In Office Party Prime Minister Cabinet Note(s)
Piet Lieftinck
Piet Lieftinck
June 24, 1945 - July 1, 1952 Labour Party Wim Schermerhorn (1945-1946)
Louis Beel (1946-1948)
Willem Drees (1948-1952)
Schermerhorn-Drees
Beel I
Drees-Van Schaik
Drees I
(Resigned)
Willem Drees
Willem Drees
July 1, 1952 - September 2, 1952 Labour Party Willem Drees Drees I Prime Minister (Ad interim)
Johan van de Kieft
Johan van de Kieft
September 2, 1952 - October 13, 1956 Labour Party Willem Drees Drees II
Henk Hofstra
Henk Hofstra
October 13, 1956 – December 22, 1958 Labour Party Willem Drees Drees III
Jelle Zijlstra
Jelle Zijlstra
December 22, 1958 – July 24, 1963 Anti Revolutionary Party Louis Beel (1958-1959)
Jan de Quay (1959-1963)
Beel II
De Quay
Johan Witteveen
Johan Witteveen
July 24, 1963 – April 14, 1965 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Victor Marijnen Marijnen
Anne Vondeling
Anne Vondeling
April 14, 1965 - November 22, 1966 Labour Party Jo Cals Cals Deputy Prime Minister
Jelle Zijlstra
Jelle Zijlstra
November 22, 1966 – April 5, 1967 Anti Revolutionary Party Jelle Zijlstra Zijlstra Prime Minister
Johan Witteveen
Johan Witteveen
April 5, 1967 – July 6, 1971 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Piet de Jong De Jong Deputy Prime Minister
Roelof Nelissen
Roelof Nelissen
July 6, 1971 – May 11, 1973 Catholic People's Party Barend Biesheuvel Biesheuvel I
Biesheuvel II
Deputy Prime Minister
Wim Duisenberg
Wim Duisenberg
May 11, 1973 – December 19, 1977 Labour Party Joop den Uyl Den Uyl
Frans Andriessen
Frans Andriessen
December 19, 1977 - February 22, 1980 Christian Democratic Appeal Dries van Agt Van Agt I (Resigned)
Gijs van Aardenne
Gijs van Aardenne
February 22, 1980 - March 5, 1980 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Dries van Agt Van Agt I Minister of Economic Affairs (Ad interim)
Fons van der Stee
Fons van der Stee
March 5, 1980 - November 4, 1982 Christian Democratic Appeal Dries van Agt Van Agt I
Van Agt II
Van Agt III
Onno Ruding
Onno Ruding
November 4, 1982 - November 7, 1989 Christian Democratic Appeal Ruud Lubbers Lubbers I
Lubbers II
Wim Kok
Wim Kok
November 7, 1989 – August 22, 1994 Labour Party Ruud Lubbers Lubbers III Deputy Prime Minister
Gerrit Zalm
Gerrit Zalm
August 22, 1994 – July 22, 2002 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Wim Kok Kok I
Kok II
Hans Hoogervorst
Hans Hoogervorst
July 22, 2002 – May 27, 2003 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Jan Peter Balkenende Balkenende I
Gerrit Zalm
Gerrit Zalm
May 27, 2003 – February 22, 2007 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Jan Peter Balkenende Balkenende II
Balkenende III
Deputy Prime Minister
Wouter Bos
Wouter Bos
February 22, 2007 – February 23, 2010 Labour Party Jan Peter Balkenende Balkenende IV Deputy Prime Minister (Resigned)
Jan Kees de Jager
Jan Kees de Jager
Since February 23, 2010 Christian Democratic Appeal Jan Peter Balkenende (2010)
Mark Rutte (from 2010)
Balkenende IV
Rutte

See also

References

  1. ^ ministry of finance website

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