The Ministry of Finance 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 is the head of the Ministry and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The current Minister is Eelco Heinen.
- Country
- Netherlands
- Headquarters
- The Hague
- Inception
- March 12, 1798
- Website
- https://www.government.nl/ministries/fin, https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ministerie-van-financien