Department for the Economy
| Irish: An Roinn Geilleagair; Ulster-Scots: Depairtment fur the Economy | |
| Department overview | |
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| Formed | June 1921 (as Ministry of Commerce) |
| Preceding Department | |
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Headquarters | Adelaide House, 39–49 Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8FD |
| Employees | 582 (September 2011) |
| Annual budget | £207.1 million (current) & £68.7 million (capital) for 2011–12 |
| Minister responsible | |
| Department executive |
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| Website | www.economy-ni.gov.uk |
| This article is part of a series within the Politics of the United Kingdom on the |
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The Department for the Economy (DfE, Irish: An Roinn Geilleagair;
Ulster-Scots: Depairtment fur the Economy) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister for the Economy.
DfE was renamed in 2016; it was previously called the Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment.