Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)

Ministry of Finance
Department overview
Ministerie van Financiën
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Ministry of Finance
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)^[1]
Minister responsible	Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Minister of Finance
Deputy Minister responsible	Eric Wiebes, State Secretary for Finance
Website	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 minister and one State Secretary. The ministry's main office is located in the centre of The Hague at the Korte Voorhout. 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 policy
Service for State Property

The ministry also owns most of the shares the Dutch government owns, which are all nationalized companies. These include

ABN AMRO Group NV (100%)
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) (100%)
Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (5,9%)
SNS Bank NV (100%)
SNS REAAL NV (100%)
TenneT (100%)

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)

	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)	Note(s)
Gerardus Huysmans	February 23, 1945 – June 24, 1945	Roman-Catholic State Party	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy III)
Piet Lieftinck	June 24, 1945 – July 1, 1952	Labour Party	Wim Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn-Drees) Louis Beel (Beel I) Willem Drees (Drees-Van Schaik • Drees I)	Resigned
Willem Drees	July 1, 1952 – September 2, 1952	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees I)	Ad interim Prime Minister
Johan van de Kieft	September 2, 1952 – October 13, 1956	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees II)
Henk Hofstra	October 13, 1956 – December 22, 1958	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees III)	Resigned
Jelle Zijlstra	December 22, 1958 – July 24, 1963	Anti Revolutionary Party	Louis Beel (Beel II) Jan de Quay (De Quay)	Dual serving Minister of Economic Affairs (December 22, 1958 - May 19, 1959)
Johan Witteveen	July 24, 1963 – April 14, 1965	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)
Anne Vondeling	April 14, 1965 – November 22, 1966	Labour Party	Jo Cals (Cals)	Deputy Prime Minister
Jelle Zijlstra	November 22, 1966 – April 5, 1967	Anti Revolutionary Party	Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)	Prime Minister
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	July 6, 1971 – May 11, 1973	Catholic People's Party	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II)	Deputy Prime Minister
Wim Duisenberg	May 11, 1973 – December 19, 1977	Labour Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)
Frans Andriessen	December 19, 1977 – February 22, 1980	Catholic People's Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I)	Resigned
Gijs van Aardenne	February 22, 1980 – March 5, 1980	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I)	Ad interim Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs
Fons van der Stee	March 5, 1980 – November 4, 1982	Catholic People's Party merged into Christian Democratic Appeal in 1980	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I • II • III)
Onno Ruding	November 4, 1982 – November 7, 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II)
Wim Kok	November 7, 1989 – August 22, 1994	Labour Party	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III)	Deputy Prime Minister
Gerrit Zalm	August 22, 1994 – July 22, 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok I • II)
Hans Hoogervorst	July 22, 2002 – May 27, 2003	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I)	Dual serving Minister of Economic Affairs (October 16, 2002 – May 27, 2003)
Gerrit Zalm	May 27, 2003 – February 22, 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II • III)	Deputy Prime Minister Ad interim Minister of Economic Affairs (July 3, 2006 – July 7, 2006)
Wouter Bos	February 22, 2007 – February 23, 2010	Labour Party	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)	Deputy Prime Minister Resigned
Jan Kees de Jager	February 23, 2010 – November 5, 2012	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) Mark Rutte (Rutte I)
Jeroen Dijsselbloem	November 5, 2012 –	Labour Party	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

References

↑ (Dutch) IX Financiën en Nationale Schuld, Rijksoverheid, September 18, 2012

External links

(Dutch) Ministerie van Financiën (Rijksoverheid)

Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands

Ministry of Finance

Schimmelpenninck Van Bosse Ossewaarde Van Bosse Van Doorn Van Hall Agnites Vrolik Van Bosse Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis Van Bosse Blussé van Oud-Alblas Van Delden Van der Heim Gleichman Vissering Van Lynden van Sandenburg Grobbée Bloem Godin de Beaufort Pierson Sprenger van Eyk Pierson Van Tecklenburg De Meester Kolkman Bertling Treub Van Gijn De Vries Corneliszoon De Geer Colijn De Geer Oud De Wilde Colijn Bodenhausen De Geer Welter Steenberghe Albarda Van den Broek Huysmans Lieftinck Drees Van de Kieft Hofstra Zijlstra Witteveen Vondeling Zijlstra Witteveen Nelissen Duisenberg Andriessen Van Aardenne Van der Stee Ruding Kok Zalm Hoogervorst Zalm Bos De Jager Dijsselbloem

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Structure and process

Structure

Government	Monarch and the Ministers, including Ministers without Portfolio

Council of Ministers	Ministers, including Ministers without Portfolio, chaired by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands and one or more Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Cabinet (list)	Ministers, including Ministers without Portfolio and State Secretaries

Process

Demissionary cabinet
Dutch cabinet formation
- 2003
- 2006/2007
- 2010
- 2012

Current ministries

General Affairs Interior and Kingdom Relations Foreign Affairs Finance Security and Justice Economic Affairs Defence Health, Welfare and Sport Education, Culture and Science Infrastructure and the Environment Social Affairs and Employment

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
Rutte I
Rutte II

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