Prime Minister's Office (Brunei)

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Prime Minister's Office
Jabatan Perdana Menteri
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Prime Minister's Office
Ministry overview
Formed1 January 1984;40 years ago (1984-01-01)
Jurisdiction Government of Brunei
Headquarters Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
4°55′12″N114°56′17″E / 4.919980095704006°N 114.937937635457534°E / 4.919980095704006; 114.937937635457534
Annual budgetDecrease2.svg$385 million BND (2022)
Ministers responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Website www.pmo.gov.bn
Footnotes
[2] [3] [4] [1]

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO; Malay : Jabatan Perdana Menteri, JPM) is the leading and largest cabinet-level ministry in the government of Brunei. It serves as the immediate office of the country's prime minister, as well as oversees several key government departments. It was established immediately upon Brunei's independence on 1 January 1984, [2] with Hassanal Bolkiah, the current Sultan of Brunei, being the first and only Prime Minister to date. The leadership also consists of a Senior Minister (Menteri Kanan), introduced in 2005 and has since been held by the Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, [5] a Special Advisor (Penasihat Khas) to His Majesty, as well as in-house ministers and deputy ministers.

Contents

The ministry is located in Bandar Seri Begawan with two headquarters, one located at Istana Nurul Iman and another at a building at Jalan Perdana Menteri.

Portfolio

The ministry oversees the largest portfolio in the cabinet with 19 departments. [lower-alpha 7] [6] They include:

Budget

The allocated budget for the fiscal year 2022–23 is about B$385 million [lower-alpha 9] , a 10.8 percent decrease from the previous fiscal year. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ The official Malay name upon the appointment was Pehin Orang Kaya Laila Setia Bakti Di-Raja Dato Laila Utama Haji Awang Isa bin Pehin Datu Perdana Manteri Dato Laila Utama Haji Awang Ibrahim. [1]
  2. ↑ The official Malay name upon the appointment was Pehin Datu Lailaraja Mejar Jeneral (Bersara) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd. Yussof. [1]
  3. ↑ The official Malay name upon the appointment was Dato Seri Setia Dr. Awang Haji Mohd. Amin Liew bin Abdullah. [1]
  4. ↑ The official Malay name upon the appointment was Haji Mohammad Azmi bin Haji Mohd Hanifah. [1]
  5. ↑ The official Malay name upon the appointment was Awang Mohammed Riza bin Dato Paduka Haji Mohammed Yunos. [1]
  6. ↑ The official Malay name upon the appointment was Dato Paduka Awang Haji Sufian bin Haji Sabtu. [1]
  7. ↑ As of 2021
  8. ↑ Not to be confused with the Brunei Research Council
  9. ↑ ≈US$276 million as of July 2022 [10]

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