Ministry of Economy and Finance (Cambodia)

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Ministry of Economy and Finance
Ministère de l'économie et des finances
ក្រសួងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចនិងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ
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Agency overview
Formed1993
JurisdictionRoyal Government of Cambodia
HeadquartersPhnom Penh, Cambodia
Minister responsible
Websitehttp://www.mef.gov.kh

The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) (Khmer: ក្រសួងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចនិងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ, French: Ministère de l'économie et des finances) 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:

Ministers of Finance 1945–1970

Ministers of Finance of Khmer Republic 1970–1975

Ministers of Economy of Democratic Kampuchea 1975–1979

Ministers of Finance of People's Republic of Kampuchea and State of Cambodia 1979–1993

Ministers of Economy and Finance since 1993

No.
Portrait Name Tenure Length of tenure Political party
1 Sam Rainsy.jpg Sam Rainsy
(1949-)
24 September 1993

24 October 1994
1 year, 30 days FUNCINPEC
2 Keat Chhon.jpg Keat Chhon
(1934-)
24 October 1994

23 September 2013
18 years, 334 days Cambodian People's Party
3 MEF Minister Aun Pornmoniroth 20160607 (cropped).jpg Aun Pornmoniroth
(1965-)
24 September 2013
-
Incumbent
9 years, 353 days Cambodian People's Party

See also

External links

References

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