Government Entities

Ras Al Khaimah Government Department of Finance is one of the oldest financial departments that was established in the United Arab Emirates, where Amiri decree No. (12) of 1966 was issued by order of the late Sheikh Saqr bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, the former ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, to establish the “General Accounts Department” to manage All accounts of government departments and financial operations for expenses, salaries, wages, purchases and various other expenses and receipts, and Amiri decree No. (3) of 1980 was issued to establish the "Financial Control Department" to be located in the Ras Al Khaimah Ruler's Courtin Ras Al Khaimah for the purpose of monitoring and financial auditing of official departments and governmental and semi-governmental institutions According to the issuance of an internal regulation specifying the nature of the work carried out by the department, its tasks and powers, as of February 16, 1980, and finally Amiri decree No. 20 of 2003 was issued merging the Financial Control Department and the General Accounts Department into one department under a new name “Finance Department” where the Assigning it to carry out all the tasks and duties entrusted to both departments before merging them as of September 9, 2003.