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Ministry of Economy and Finance
ក្រសួងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចនិងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ
Agency overview
Formed1993
JurisdictionRoyal Government of Cambodia
HeadquartersPhnom Penh, Cambodia
Minister responsible
Websitehttp://www.mef.gov.kh

Ministry of Economic and Finance (MEF) (Khmer: ក្រសួងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចនិងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ; Krasuong Sethakech nung Heronvottho) accounts for the administration of financial and economic policy and affair in the Kingdom of Cambodia. In accordance to the official website, the ministry was commissioned by the Royal Government of Cambodia to perform missions of guidances and administrations in economic and financial affairs. The current Minister responsible for the Ministry of Economic and Finance is Aun Porn Moniroth, as of 2013. The main ministerial office is located in Phnom Penh, while the provincial branches are located across the main capitals of each province.

The managerial structure is divided into five ranks: Minister, Secretary of State, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary General, and Deputy Secretary General. They are responsible for the administration in the distribution and allocation of budget, creation of policy, implementing and enhance existing policies in the extension of designated departments as well as the extended departments in provincial branches. The level of authority in budget and policy approval and implementation are based on the primary and secondary ranks of the administrative figures.

Departments

The departments of the Ministry include:

  • Economic and Public Finance Policy Department
  • Administration and Finance Department
  • Tax Department
  • Customs and Excise Department
  • Investment and Cooperation Department
  • National Treasury
  • Non-tax Revenue Department
  • Financial Industry Department
  • Budget Department
  • Financial Affairs Department
  • Local Finance Department
  • Internal Audit Department
  • State Property Department
  • Public Procurement Department
  • Personnel Department
  • Legal Affairs Department
  • Economic Integration and ASEAN Department
  • Information Technology Department
  • Resettlement Department
  • Economics and Finance Institute

Ministers of Economy and Finance since 1993

Name Took office Let office Party
Sam Rainsy 24 September 1993 24 October 1994 FUNCINPEC
Keat Chhon 24 October 1994 24 September 2013 Cambodian People's Party
Aun Porn Moniroth 24 September 2013 Incumbent Cambodian People's Party

See also

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