Metadata: General Secretariat. Transfer 1992
Collection
- Country:
- Belgium
- Holding institution:
- National Archives of Belgium
- Holding institution (official language):
- Archives Générales du Royaume
- Postal address:
- Ruisbroekstraat 2-6 / Rue de Ruysbroeck 2-6, 1000 Brussel
- Phone number:
- +32 (0)2 513 76 80
- Web address:
- http://www.arch.be/
- Email:
- archives.generales@arch.be
- Reference number:
- NAB-Brussels-510-284
- Title:
- General Secretariat. Transfer 1992
- Title (official language):
- Algemeen Secretariaat. Overdracht 1992
- Creator/accumulator:
- FOD Financiën; SPF Finances
- Date(s):
- 1851/1964
- Extent:
- 104.05 linear metres
- Scope and content:
- This fonds contains a number of documents related to the implementation of the anti-Jewish ordinance of the occupier by the Ministry of Finance, such as circulars (no. 27), files related to the exclusion of Jewish functionaries in public service (no. 391), measures taken against Jews (nos. 402 and 416), arrests of Jews (no. 520). We also find files related to the post-war sequestration of German institutions, services of the occupier, businesses etc.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Belgian government created the Ministry of Finance in 1831. As one of the five ministries at the time it was in charge of, notably, the new kingdom’s bookkeeping (budget, accounts, patrimonial accounting) and the execution of fiscal legislation. The Secretary-General was assisted by the General Secretariat, responsible for logistics, staff policy, accounting, the documentation and study service, the translation service, the automation service, the social service, etc. The ministry was also supported by a number of external services, advisory and executive commissions, and a number of public institutions. The Ministry of Finance was subdivided into ‘fiscal’ (among others Direct Taxes, Customs and Excise, Land Registration and Estates, Cadastre) and ‘non-fiscal’ (Treasury and Public Debt, Mint) departments. In the 1970s and 1990s the ministry underwent extensive reforms; new services were created and the tasks of some departments were redefined. The fiscal departments in particular were thoroughly reshaped. The formal creation of the FPS Finance dates back to 2002. Today, the FPS Finance has six general administrations (incl. Patrimonial Documentation, Treasury, Special Tax Inspection), five staff departments (incl. ICT, staff), eight departments of the Chairman (incl. the Central Legal Department) and three autonomous services (incl. Tax conciliation). (Several pages on http://financien.belgium.be/nl/; M. Preneel & J. Verhelst, “De FOD Financiën”, in P. van den Eeckhout & G. Vanthemsche (ed.), Bronnen voor de studie van het hedendaagse België 19e – 21e eeuw. Tweede herziene en uitgebreide uitgave. Brussel, Koninklijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis / Commission Royale d’Histoire, 2009, pp. 407-421.)
- Access points: locations:
- Belgium
- Finding aids:
- M. Vroom, Ministerie van Financiën. Algemeen Secretariaat. Overdracht april 1992. Ministère des Finances. Transfert d’avril 1992. 1914-1945, 2 vol., T 121-T 122, Brussel, ARA-AGR, 1992.
- Yerusha Network member:
- State Archives of Belgium
