The position sometimes included responsibility for other government departments such as Public Works, Interior, Agriculture and Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones.
The position has largely been merged today into the expanded Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry.
The ministry was suppressed by ordinance of 8 August 1829, and these services were again made part of the department of the interior.
[2] An ordinance of 2 March 1836 recreated the Ministry of Commerce and Public works, with the added responsibilities of bridges, roads and mines.
[2] A decree of 23 June 1853 reinstated the Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce and Public Works.