Ministry
see also: Etymology of Ministry
A ministry can indicate, according to the context, the function exerted by a Ministre, the building where are located the cabinet of the Ministre or his services or, more generally, entity formed by the minister concerned and his services and which assumes the responsibility for the specific tasks which are entrusted to him.
Belgium
In Belgium, the ministry federal was called federal public services while the Areas and the Communities organize their ministries for the matters which relate to them.See also: List of the Belgian ministries
France
See also: French Ministries
Switzerland
See also: List of the Swiss departments
In Switzerland, one uses the term of department instead of ministry
See too
- Government
- Minister
- State (France)
- Minister of state
- Secretariat of State
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