Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)

Ministry of Finance
Ministerie van Financiën
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Ministry of Finance
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Formed	March 12, 1798 (1798-03-12)
Jurisdiction	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Headquarters	Korte Voorhout 7, The Hague, Netherlands
Employees	1,500
Annual budget	€11,7 billion (2013)
Minister responsible	Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Minister of Finance
Deputy Minister responsible	Frans Weekers, State Secretary for Finance
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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.

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History

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).

Responsibilities

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

• It is responsible for the income and expenditure of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
• 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 Voorhou]. 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%)

It also responsible for overseeing the independent government financial regulatory agency:

• Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)

List of Ministers of Finance

For full list, see List of Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands. (Dutch)

Minister of Finance		Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)	Note(s)
	Gerardus Huysmans	February 23, 1945 – June 24, 1945	RKSP	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III)
	Piet Lieftinck	June 24, 1945 – July 1, 1952	PvdA	Wim Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn-Drees) Louis Beel (Beel I) Willem Drees (Drees-Van Schaik • Drees I)	Resigned
	Willem Drees	July 1, 1952 – September 2, 1952	PvdA	Willem Drees (Drees I)	Ad interim Prime Minister
	Johan van de Kieft	September 2, 1952 – October 13, 1956	PvdA	Willem Drees (Drees II)
	Henk Hofstra	October 13, 1956 – December 22, 1958	PvdA	Willem Drees (Drees III)
	Jelle Zijlstra	December 22, 1958 – July 24, 1963	ARP	Louis Beel (Beel II) Jan de Quay (De Quay)
	Johan Witteveen	July 24, 1963 – April 14, 1965	VVD	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)
	Anne Vondeling	April 14, 1965 – November 22, 1966	PvdA	Jo Cals (Cals)	Deputy Prime Minister
	Jelle Zijlstra	November 22, 1966 – April 5, 1967	ARP	Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)	Prime Minister
	Johan Witteveen	April 5, 1967 – July 6, 1971	VVD	Piet de Jong (De Jong)	Deputy Prime Minister
	Roelof Nelissen	July 6, 1971 – May 11, 1973	KVP	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II)	Deputy Prime Minister
	Wim Duisenberg	May 11, 1973 – December 19, 1977	PvdA	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)
	Frans Andriessen	December 19, 1977 – February 22, 1980	CDA	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I)	Resigned
	Gijs van Aardenne	February 22, 1980 – March 5, 1980	VVD		Ad interim Minister of Economic Affairs
	Fons van der Stee	March 5, 1980 – November 4, 1982	CDA	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I • II • III)
	Onno Ruding	November 4, 1982 – November 7, 1989	CDA	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II)
	Wim Kok	November 7, 1989 – August 22, 1994	PvdA	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III)	Deputy Prime Minister
	Gerrit Zalm	August 22, 1994 – July 22, 2002	VVD	Wim Kok (Kok I • II)
	Hans Hoogervorst	July 22, 2002 – May 27, 2003	VVD	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I)
	Gerrit Zalm	May 27, 2003 – February 22, 2007	VVD	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II • III)	Deputy Prime Minister
	Wouter Bos	February 22, 2007 – February 23, 2010	PvdA	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)	Deputy Prime Minister Resigned
	Jan Kees de Jager	February 23, 2010 – November 5, 2012	CDA	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) Mark Rutte (Rutte I)
	Jeroen Dijsselbloem	November 5, 2012 –	PvdA	Mark Rutte (Rutte II)

Living former Ministers of Finance

Minister of Finance	Term	Age
Johan Witteveen	1963-1965, 1967-1971	(1921-06-12) June 12, 1921
Roelof Nelissen	1971-1973	(1931-04-04) April 4, 1931
Frans Andriessen	1977-1980	(1929-04-02) April 2, 1929
Onno Ruding	1982-1989	(1939-08-15) August 15, 1939
Wim Kok	1989-1994	(1938-09-29) September 29, 1938
Gerrit Zalm	1994-2002, 2003-2007	(1952-05-06) May 6, 1952
Hans Hoogervorst	2002-2003	(1956-04-19) April 19, 1956
Wouter Bos	2007–2010	(1963-07-14) July 14, 1963
Jan Kees de Jager	2010-2012	(1969-02-10) February 10, 1969
Jeroen Dijsselbloem	2012-	(1966-03-29) March 29, 1966

Deceased former Ministers of Finance

Minister of Finance	Term	Born	Died
Jelle Zijlstra	1958-1963, 1966-1967	(1918-08-27)August 27, 1918	December 23, 2001(2001-12-23) (aged 83)
Wim Duisenberg	1973-1977	(1935-07-09)July 9, 1935	July 31, 2005(2005-07-31) (aged 70)

External links

• (Dutch) Ministerie van Financiën (Rijksoverheid)