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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 agency in Amsterdam
- The Tax and Customs Administration, the Dutch revenue service, which includes the customs service and the fiscal police
- Service for State Property
The ministry also owns most of the shares the Dutch government owns, which are all nationalized companies. These include
- Connexxion Holding NV (33%)
- Centrale Organisatie voor Radio-actief Afval (COVRA) NV (100%)
- De Nederlandsche Bank NV (100%)
- Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt NV (100%)
- NV Nederlandse Gasunie (100%)
- NV Nederlandse Spoorwegen (100%)
- NOB Holding (100%)
- NV Luchthaven Schiphol (75,8%)
- Havenbedrijf Rotterdam (33%)
- Gasterra (voorheen Gasunie T&S) (10%)
- Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (5,9%)
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
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Structure and process StructureGovernmentMinisters, including Ministers without Portfolio, chaired by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands and one or more Deputy Prime Minister of the NetherlandsMinisters, including Ministers without Portfolio and State SecretariesProcessCurrent ministries Cabinets Schimmelpenninck • De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius • Thorbecke I • Van Hall-Donker Curtius • Van der Brugghen • Rochussen • Van Hall-Van Heemstra • Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra •Thorbecke II • Fransen van de Putte •Van Zuylen van Nijevelt • Van Bosse-Fock • Thorbecke III • De Vries-Fransen van de Putte • Heemskerk-Van Lynden van Sandenburg • Kappeyne van de Coppello • Van Lynden van Sandenburg • Heemskerk Azn. • Mackay • Van Tienhoven • Röell • Pierson • Kuyper • De Meester • Heemskerk • Cort van der Linden • Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I • Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II • Colijn I • De Geer I • Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III • Colijn II • Colijn III • Colijn IV • Colijn V • De Geer II • Gerbrandy I • Gerbrandy II • Gerbrandy III • Schermerhorn-Drees • Beel I • Drees-Van Schaik • Drees I • Drees II • Drees III • Beel II • De Quay • Marijnen • Cals • Zijlstra • De Jong • Biesheuvel I • Biesheuvel II • Den Uyl • Van Agt I • Van Agt II • Van Agt III • Lubbers I • Lubbers II • Lubbers III • Kok I • Kok II • Balkenende I • Balkenende II • Balkenende III • Balkenende IV • RutteCategories:- Finance ministries
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