Ministry of Energy (Brunei)

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Department of Energy
Jabatan Tenaga
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Ministry overview
Formed24 May 2005;19 years ago (2005-05-24)
Headquarters Prime Minister's Office, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
4°55′11″N114°56′17″E / 4.919729°N 114.937996°E / 4.919729; 114.937996
Annual budget$178.3 million BND (2019)
Deputy Minister responsible
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Website Official website

The Department of Energy (Malay : Jabatan Tenaga), previously known as the Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Energy, Manpower and Industry, is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Brunei which oversees the country's energy industry. The department is led by the incumbent Deputy Minister of Energy, Mohammad Azmi bin Mohd Hanifah. [1] The ministry is headquartered in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan, currently within the Prime Minister's Office building at Jalan Perdana Menteri.

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History

The history of the ministry began in 2005 with the establishment of the Energy Division, then under the Prime Minister's Office. [2] In May 2011, the Energy Department was established with the restructuring of the Energy Division and the then Petroleum Unit, and in October 2015 it was renamed the Energy and Industry Department after the transfer of oversight on the industry sector from the then Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources (now Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism). [2] The department was still under the Prime Minister's Office until 2018 when it was upgraded to a ministry by the consent of His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, on 18 April in that year, and subsequently adopted the name Ministry of Energy and Industry. [2] The ministry was restructured on 31 July in the same year, hence renamed the Ministry of Energy, Manpower and Industry. [3] It was restructured again and finally adopted its current name on 18 November 2019, whereby the non-energy industry portfolio is now subsumed under the restructured Ministry of Finance and Economy, whereas the manpower portfolio is now the responsibility of the Manpower and Employment Council. [4] [5]

Budget

In the current fiscal year (2019–20), the ministry is allocated a budget of B$178.3 million (US$131 million as of July 2019). [6] [7]

List of ministers

Minister

No.PortraitMinisterTerm startTerm endTime in officeRef.
1 Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Yahya bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar.jpg Yahya Bakar 24 May 200522 August 20083 years, 90 days [8]
2 Major Mohammad Daud.jpg Mohammad Daud 22 August 200829 May 20101 year, 280 days [8]
3 Dato Paduka Haji Mohammad Yasmin bin Haji Umar.jpg Yasmin Umar 29 May 201030 January 20187 years, 246 days [9]
4 Mat Suny Mohd Hussein in 2019.jpg Mat Suny 30 January 20187 June 20224 years, 128 days [10]

Deputy minister

No.PortraitMinisterTerm startTerm endTime in officeRef.
Ministry of Energy
1 Matsatejo Sokiaw in 2022.jpg Matsatejo Sokiaw 30 January 201821 May 20224 years, 111 days [11]
Department of Energy
(1) Matsatejo Sokiaw in 2022.jpg Matsatejo Sokiaw 21 May 202224 October 20231 year, 156 days [12]
2 Azmi Mohd Hanifah 24 October 2023incumbent222 days [1]

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