Between years 2003 and 2007 also Ministry of Informatics existed.

The Ministry of National Development exists in several countries:

"There is no union, but still the Ministry of Defense exists," he conceded of the union bureaucracy.

The Ministry has existed in form since the 15th Century during the Ayutthaya Kingdom.

A short-lived Ministry of Postal Affairs existed for some months in 1885.

An unrelated Ministry of Shipping had existed from 1942 to 1945.

Records, too, were destroyed, and the Ministry of Defense, which was in charge of those accounts, no longer exists.

Women's Ministry exists to serve women and to teach women how to minister to others.

The Ministry of Defence has existed in its present form since 1920.

The Ministry of State Security exists as a counterespionage organ and is also used to monitor and control perceived threats to the government and party.