Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Commerce (Abelden)

Ministry of Finance

Ministry overview
Formed	10 January 2015
Jurisdiction	Abelden
Minister responsible	Griffin Kaos, Chancellor of the Treasury

The Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Commerce , simply known as the Ministry of Finance, is a ministerial department responsible for general financial policy and for general management in the field of finance of the Abeldane Empire. Moreover, it is also in charge of managing the Abeldane economy. The minister responsible for this ministry is known as the Chancellor of the Treasury, even though the ministry was never itself known as Treasury.

The functions of the Chancellor of the Treasury and the ministry include collecting all taxes from citizens, if ever needed by the government, paying all bills owning to the government and the empire, managing all government accounts and finances, and maintaining a stable economy.

The ministry was established in 2015, in the 3rd ministry headed by Andrew Janiszewski. The first Chancellor of the Treasury was Michael Thomas Brazeau, who was directly elected at the January 2015 general election. The current Chancellor is Griffin Kaos.

List of chancellors

Name		Image	Term of office		Party	Ministry
			Term
	Michael Thomas Brazeau		10 January 2015	2 March 2015	Grand Old Party		Janiszewski II
			51 days				Janiszewski III
	Vera Hewitt		2 March 2015	4 March 2015	Independent
							Sadowski
			2 days				Smith
Vacancy from 4 March to 17 July 2015							West II
							Legata
	Vaughan Smith		17 July 2015	28 February 2016	New Democratic		Billbrough
							Lawton I
			226 days				Lawton II
	Horatio Eden		28 February 2016	12 July 2016	Conservative
			135 days				Lawton III
	Isaac Reuel		12 July 2016	24 July 2016	Conservative		Lewis
			12 days
	Horatio Eden		24 July 2016	14 October 2016	Conservative		Hardy I
							Gunderson
			82 days				Renwick I
	Henry Twain		14 October 2016	18 November 2016	Independence		Eden
			35 days				Hardy II
	John Gordon		18 November 2016	27 February 2017	Conservative		Hawkins I
			101 days				Hawkins II
	Horatio Eden		27 February 2017	23 August 2017	Independence – United Rhinoceros		Twain
							Brazeau
							Renwick II
			177 days				Renwick III
							Renwick IV
	Griffin Kaos		23 August 2017	24 December 2017	National Independence		Uberquie
			123 days				Neasa
Vacancy from 24 December 2017 to 27 June 2018							Shiro
							Renwick V
							Whyatt
	Patrick Renwick		27 June 2018	31 August 2018	Die Rechte		Freayth I
			65 days
	Griffin Kaos later the Emperor		31 August 2018	Incumbent	Die Rechte later Populares
							Freayth II
							Karjasary
							Daniels I
							Daniels II
			6 years, 79 days
					Independent		Renwick VI