Jump to content

Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by FlippyFlink (talk | contribs) at 09:27, 12 May 2017 (Picture of the current building.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Ministry of Economic Affairs
Ministerie van Economische Zaken
Coat of arms of the Netherlands

Ministry of Economic Affairs
Department overview
FormedAugust 17, 1905; 119 years ago (1905-08-17)
JurisdictionKingdom of the Netherlands
HeadquartersBezuidenhoutseweg 73, The Hague, Netherlands
Annual budget€4,7 billion (2013)[1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
WebsiteMinistry of Economic Affairs

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (Template:Lang-nl; EZ) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Economics, Industry, Mining, Trade, Energy policy, Agriculture, Fishery and Tourism. The Ministry was created in 1905 as the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce[2] and had several name changes before it became the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 1946, from 2010 until 2012 it was renamed the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation when the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality was merged into the Ministry, since 2012 it is again called the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Economic Affairs, currently Henk Kamp.

Part of the Politics series
Politics of the Netherlands
Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)
Constitution
Monarchy
Cabinet
States General
Judiciary
Elections
Local government
Foreign relations
Related topics
icon Politics portal

Mission

The mission of the Ministry is to "promote sustainable economic growth in the Netherlands." It focuses on the key areas of "Knowledge economy and innovation," "Competition and dynamic" and "Room to do business."

Organization

The political responsible of the ministry is in hands of the Minister of Economic Affairs who is part of the Dutch Cabinet. A State Secretary is at the Minister's side, internationally called the Minister for Agriculture.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs has also a civil service department, led by the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General. The Ministry of Economic Affairs consists of four Directorates-General: Foreign Economic Relations, Economic Policy, Energy and Telecom, and Enterprise and Innovation. There are also some support departments. The former Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality has a somewhat different structure. The structure of the Ministry of Economic Affairs is yet to be determined.

One Independent Administrative Agencies which is independently ran are also part of the Ministry: Statistics Netherlands. Seven agencies of the Ministry are:

  • Radiocommunications Agency Netherlands
  • EVD
  • Netherlands Patent Office
  • SenterNovem
  • State Supervision of Mines
  • CPB
  • Authority for Consumers and Markets

See also

References

  1. ^ Template:Nl XIII Economische Zaken, Rijksoverheid, September 18, 2012
  2. ^ Template:NlArchieven.nl - Het Ministerie van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel. (Nationaal Archief)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Economic_Affairs_(Netherlands)&oldid=779999702"