The Ministry of Finance of Saxony-Anhalt (Ministerium der Finanzen des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt) is the finance ministry of the German state (''Bundesland'')

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

. It was established in 1990 when the state was restored. The has been from 20 June 2019. has been .

History

After World War II, today's

was part of the Provinzialverwaltung Sachsen, with finances governed initially by president

Erhard Hübener Dr. Erhard Hübener (4 August 1881 – 3 June 1958) was a Weimar Republic, German politician and member of the german Democratic Party, German Democratic Party (DDP) until 1933. After World War II he engaged in rebuilding structures of self-r ...

. Saxony-Anhalt was restored as a state in 1990 after the

German reunification German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...

, and the Ministry of Finance was reestablished. The ministry governs and supervises the state's income and spending. It provides an annual budget plan. A , planning for two years, was first written for 2005/06, then for 2008/09, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2015/16 and 2017/18. Additionally, financial planning for five years (') has been provided. Taxes are the main source of income. In 2007, the ministry led by

Jens Bullerjahn Jens Bullerjahn (15 July 1962 – 26 November 2022) was a German engineer and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt from 1990 to 2016. From 2006 to 2016, he served concurrently as Vice-Min ...

first succeeded to manage without new debts while old debts then amounted to 20 billion EUR. It was planned to begin to repay them beginning in 2009, but due to the financial crisis it took until 2014 to begin repayment.

Organisation

The ministry is organised in departments for general and legal affairs (Allgemeine Angelegenheiten, Dienst- und Tarifrecht), budget (Haushalt), estate and economics (Vermögens- und wirtschaftspolitische Angelegenheiten), management of properties and buildings (Staatliches Liegenschafts- und Baumanagement), and taxes (Steuern). It also contains an office for relations to the European Union (Interministerielle Geschäftsstelle zur Steuerung der EU-Strukturfonds). The ministry runs 14 tax offices, an office for managing buildings and properties (Bau- und Liegenschaftsmanagement Sachsen-Anhalt), and, from 2022, an office for managing real estate and projects (Immobilien- und Projektmanagementgesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt.

References

External links

* {{official, https://mf.sachsen-anhalt.de/ministerium-der-finanzen/ Government ministries of Germany Finance ministries Subnational ministries