The Six Ministries (,

chữ Nôm Chữ Nôm (, ) is a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language. It uses Chinese characters to represent Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and some native Vietnamese words, with other words represented by new characters ...

: ; Sino-Vietnamese: ,

chữ Hán ( , ) are the Chinese characters that were used to write Literary Chinese in Vietnam, Literary Chinese (; ) and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary in Vietnamese language, Vietnamese. They were officially used in Vietnam after the Red River Delta region ...

: ), or the Six Boards, were the major executive parts of the government of the Nguyễn period Vietnamese state from its establishment under the

Gia Long Gia Long (Chữ Hán, Chữ hán: 嘉隆) ( (''Hanoi, North''), (''Ho Chi Minh City, South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynas ...

Emperor in 1802 until 1906, with the establishment of the Học Bộ (

: 學部) in 1907. These six core ministries would exist largely unchanged until the 1933 reforms of the

Southern Court The were a set of four emperors ( Emperor Go-Daigo and his line) whose claims to sovereignty during the Nanboku-chō period spanning from 1336 through 1392 were usurped by the Northern Court. This period ended with the Southern Court definitivel ...

by the

Bảo Đại Bảo Đại (, vi-hantu, , , 22 October 191331 July 1997), born Nguyễn Phúc (Phước) Vĩnh Thụy (), was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was ''de jure'' em ...

Emperor.

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The Six Boards included: #

Administration Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal: the process of dealing with or controlling things or people. ** Administrative assistant, traditionally known as a se ...

(, 部吏) #

Finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

(, 部戸) #

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s (, 部刑) #

Military Affairs Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behavior, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force. It is mainly focused on theory, method, and practice of producing mi ...

(, 部兵) #

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s (, 部工) #

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s (, 部禮) The Six Boards were established in 1802 after

's coronation, however they were not fully operational until 1830. Each board had a president (, ), supported by two vice-presidents (, ). In 1826 emperor

Minh Mạng Minh Mạng (), also known as Minh Mệnh (, vi-hantu, 明命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu), was the second emperor of the Nguyễ ...

added two vice-minister into each board (, ). By the mid-1840s, the six ministries comprised almost 100 people, included secretaries serving on their boards. In 1907, emperor

Duy Tân Emperor Duy Tân (, vi-hantu, 維新, lit. "renovation"; 19 September 1900 – 26 December 1945), born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh San, was the 11th emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam, who reigned for nine years between 1907 and 1916. Early c ...

founded the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

to take over a number of functions of the Board of Rites.

Cao Xuân Dục Cao Xuân Dục ( vi-hantu, 高春育; 1843–1923) was a scholar, historian-Mandarin (bureaucrat), mandarin, and court adviser in the Nguyễn dynasty, Vietnam. History Cao Xuân Dục was born in Thịnh Mỹ, Diễn Châu, Nghệ An. In ...

was chosen to be its first minister.Triều đại phong kiến duy nhất có Bộ Học
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