A Government Name
In 1979, the Ministry of Economic Development changed its name to the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Small Business Development when all functions relating to tourism and small businesses were transferred from the dissolved Ministry of Tourism and Small Business Development (OIC 2957/1979). The following year, the functions relating to the tourism were transferred to the newly established Ministry of Tourism (OIC 49/1980). As a result, of this change, the name of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Small Business Developmentās name was changed to the Ministry of Industry and Small Business Development.