Ministry of Economy and Finance (Cambodia)

Ministry of Economy and Finance
Ministère de l'économie et des finances
ក្រសួងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចនិងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ
Agency overview
Formed	1993
Jurisdiction	Royal Government of Cambodia
Headquarters	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Minister responsible	Dr. Aun Pornmoniroth, Minister of Economy and Finance;
Website	http://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.