Dutch: Ministerie van Financiën | |
Building of the Ministry of Finance | |
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Formed | 12 March 1798 |
Jurisdiction | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Headquarters | Korte Voorhout 7, The Hague, Netherlands |
Employees | 1,500 |
Annual budget | €11.7 billion (2013)[1] |
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Website | Ministry of Finance |
The Ministry of Finance (Dutch: Ministerie van Financiën; FIN) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for economic policy, monetary policy, fiscal policy, tax policy, incomes policy, financial regulation, the government budget and the financial market. The Ministry was created in 1798 as the Department of Finance of the Batavian Republic. It became the Ministry of Finance in 1876. The Minister of Finance (Dutch: Minister van Financiën) is the head of the Ministry and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The current Minister is Eelco Heinen.