Ministry of Finance

The Ministry of Finance (Abrv: MOF; , ) is a cabinet ministry in the Government of Thailand. Considered to be one of the country's most important ministries, the Ministry of Finance has many responsibilities over public finance, taxation, the treasury, government properties, operations of government monopolies, and revenue-generating enterprises. The ministry is also vested with the power to provide loan guarantees for the governmental agencies, financial institutions, and state enterprises. Management and budget The head of the ministry is the Minister of Finance. He is a member of the Cabinet of Thailand and therefore appointed by the King of Thailand on the advice of the prime minister. , the Minister of Finance is Mr Apisak Tantivorawong. The MOF permanent secretary is Prasong Poontaneat. The MOF was allocated 242,948 million baht in the FY2019 budget.