government ministry

C3428
concept

A government ministry is a specialized administrative department within a government, headed by a minister, responsible for formulating and implementing public policies in a specific sector such as health, education, or finance.

All labels observed (144)

Label Occurrences
government ministry canonical 1,432
provincial government department 72
federal ministry 38

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: government ministry
Generated description
A government ministry is a specialized administrative department within a government, headed by a minister, responsible for formulating and implementing public policies in a specific sector such as health, education, or finance.

Instances (1,821)

Instance Via concept surface
Department of National Defense (Philippines)
Ministry of Defence (New Zealand)
Ministry of Commerce of China
surface form: Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
Department of Home Affairs of South Africa
surface form: Department of Home Affairs (South Africa)
Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan
Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Greek Ministry of Public Works
Israeli Ministry of the Interior
Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China
Federal Ministry of Health
surface form: Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)
federal ministry of Germany
Kaigun-shō
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Japanese government ministry
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran
Ministry of Petroleum of Iran
Ministry of Intelligence of Iran
National Treasury
surface form: National Treasury (South Africa)
Department of International Relations and Cooperation
Department of Health
surface form: Department of Health (South Africa)
Department of Basic Education
Department of Higher Education and Training
Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (South Africa) national department of South Africa
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action federal ministry
Ministry of Interior of Iran
Employment and Social Development Canada federal government department
Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense
Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran
Department of Defence
surface form: Department of Defence (South Africa)
Six Ministries central government ministries
Ministry of Health of the City of Buenos Aires
Ministry of Education of the City of Buenos Aires
Ministry of Transport and Public Works of the City of Buenos Aires
Ministry of Environment and Public Space of the City of Buenos Aires
Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires
Ministry of the Interior of Hungary
Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation federal ministry
FOD Buitenlandse Zaken, Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking federal ministry
SPF Affaires étrangères, Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement
ADF Auswärtige Angelegenheiten, Außenhandel und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Ottoman Interior Ministry
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
French Ministry for the Ecological Transition (transport portfolio) government ministry portfolio
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture federal ministry of Germany
Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Japan)
Ministry of Munitions (Japan)
MOD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam
Vietnam Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Ministry of the Overseas French government ministry