Supreme Audit Office (Czech Republic)

This article is about a Czech Republic government agency. For the audit agency of Poland, see Supreme Audit Office (Poland).
Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic
Nejvyšší kontrolní úřad
(NKÚ)

Official logo, as of 2008
Agency overview
Formed in theory 1 January 1993
in practice 1 July 1993
Preceding agencies
  • Major predecessors include:
    Federal Ministry of Control and Ministries for the Czech and Slovak Republics (1989)
  • Central Commission of State Control and Statistics (1960)
  • Ministry of State Control (1951)
  • Supreme Accounting Audit Office (1919)
Headquarters Jankovcova Street
Prague 7
Minister responsible
  • none; constitutionally independent
Agency executives
  • Miroslav Kala, President
  • Zdeňka Horníková, Vice-President
Website http://www.nku.cz/

The Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic (Czech: Nejvyšší kontrolní úřad) – alternately known in English as the Supreme Control Office of the Czech Republic – is a "unique, independent constitutional entity to supervise the management of the state property and the state budget."[1]

Headquarters of NKÚ in Prague.

It was a part of the original form of the Constitution of the Czech Republic, created by Article 97 of that document on 1 January 1993.[2] However, because the constitution left all of the details of the operation of the office up to future legislation, it was not until Act 166/1993 came into effect on 1 July 1993 that the office could in practice be formed.[3]

English name

The presence of two English names for the office is the result of varying translations of its name in the Constitution and its authorizing legislation. In the official translation of the Constitution, the name follows the Czech literally. Hence, it confers the name, "Supreme Control Office", indicating that the office performed the duties of a controller. In the official translation of Act 166/1993, however, a more precise English word is used, resulting in "Supreme Audit Office", conveying the sense that the principal duties of the office are those of an external auditor. It is this latter translation which has perhaps gained dominance, given its singular use on the agency's official website.

Some generally similar positions in governments worldwide include:

References

  1. ↑ Pavel, Smaha. "Audit profile: The supreme audit office of the Czech Republic". International Journal of Government Auditing. October 1999.
  2. ↑ Constitution of the Czech Republic
  3. ↑ Act 166/1993

International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions – Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic is a member

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