title: Decree number 2004/320
text: # Decree number 2004/320
  
  Decree number 2004/320 is a presidential decree issued on December 8, 2004 by Paul Biya that organized 29 ministries of the Government of Cameroon.
  
  ## Provisions
  
  Provisions of the decree include:
  
  * Creation of the Ministry of Youth Affairs.
  * Splitting the Ministry of Environment and Forests into the Ministry of Forests and Fauna and the Ministry of Environment and Protection of Nature.
  * Reorganisation of the Ministry of Energy and Water.
  * Creation of the Ministry of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicraft.
  * Transfer of responsibility for authorisation of the use of government vehicles from the Prime Minister's Office to the Ministry of State Property and Land Tenure.
  