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A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of the financial affairs of a state, which usually includes all matters pertaining to the government budget, economic and fiscal policy, and financial regulation. There have been many women appointed to that post around the world. This list comprises female finance ministers from around the world, either from sovereign states, limited recognized states, federated states, autonomous regions, or sui generis entities. The finance minister's portfolio is usually entitled eponymously to that ministry or department, most commonly known as the minister of finance, although some countries may also have varied titles for this particular position. For instance, Britain's equivalent of a finance minister is the chancellor of the exchequer, while the department that the chancellor oversees, HM Treasury, has four subordinate junior ministers, and it is actually the British prime minister who holds the historic, albeit ceremonial, title of First Lord of the Treasury, with the chancellor always being Second Lord of the Treasury. Another example is the United States, where the primary functions of the nation's finance minister are performed by the secretary of the treasury, though there is a separate but assistant position of U.S. treasurer with limited statutory duties, and, contrary to tradition, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, who is directly accountable to the president and not the treasury secretary, is charged with the main responsibility of budget drafting.
In some cases, the country's prime minister has concurrently served as finance minister. This was the case with Indira Gandhi of India and Eugenia Charles of Dominica, among others, who held both posts simultaneously. Moreover, the prime minister frequently designates the finance minister to serve in the simultaneous role of deputy prime minister to emphasize that position's importance.
Sovereign states
Denotes incumbent finance minister- Italics denote an acting finance minister or a minister of an extinct state
- Note: Many of the figures given for "term length" appear to be overly precise given that many of the start and end dates are only approximate.
| Name | Image | Country | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indira Gandhi | 
|
 India
|
Asia | 16 July 1969 | 27 June 1970 | 346 days |
| Marie-Christine Mboukou | 
|
 Central African Republic
|
Africa | 1975 | 21 September 1979 | 4 years, 263 days |
| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | 
|
 Liberia
|
Africa | 1979 | 12 April 1980 | 1 year, 102 days |
| Yun Gi-jong |
|
 North Korea
|
Asia | 1980 | 1998 | 18 years, 0 days |
| Eugenia Charles | 
|
 Dominica
|
North America | 21 July 1980 | 14 June 1995 | 14 years, 328 days |
| Clara Boscaglia |
|
 San Marino
|
Europe | 26 July 1986 | 22 July 1990 | 3 years, 361 days |
| Bintou Sango |
|
 Burkina Faso
|
Africa | 1988 | 1991 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Shirley Kuo |
|
 Taiwan
|
Asia | 22 July 1988 | 1 June 1990 | 1 year, 314 days |
| Benazir Bhutto | 
|
 Pakistan
|
Asia | 4 December 1988 | 6 August 1990 | 1 year, 245 days |
| 26 January 1994 | 10 October 1996 | 2 years, 258 days | ||||
| Eglée Iturbe de Blanco |
|
 Venezuela
|
South America | 1989 | 1990 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Uta Nickel |
|
 East Germany
|
Europe | 18 November 1989 | 12 April 1990 | 145 days |
| Licelott Marte de Barrios |
|
 Dominican Republic
|
North America | 1990 | 1993 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Zélia Cardoso de Mello | 
|
 Brazil
|
South America | 15 March 1990 | 10 May 1991 | 1 year, 56 days |
| Ruth Richardson | 
|
 New Zealand
|
Oceania | 2 November 1990 | 29 November 1993 | 3 years, 27 days |
| Onur Borman |
|
 Northern Cyprus
|
Europe | 1 January 1994 | 18 January 1995 | 1 year, 17 days |
| Elvyra Kunevičienė |
|
 Lithuania
|
Europe | 13 January 1991 | 21 July 1992 | 1 year, 190 days |
| Irma Raquel Zelaya |
|
 Guatemala
|
North America | 14 January 1991 | 16 April 1991 | 92 days |
| Marie-Michele Rey |
|
 Haiti
|
North America | 13 February 1991 | 11 October 1991 | 240 days |
| Anne Wibble |
|
 Sweden
|
Europe | 4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days |
| Claudia Melnic |
|
 Moldova
|
Europe | 4 August 1992 | 5 April 1994 | 1 year, 244 days |
| Ana Ordóñez de Molina |
|
Guatemala
|
North America | 1994 | 14 January 1996 | 2 years, 13 days |
| Christina Vucheva |
|
 Bulgaria
|
Europe | 17 October 1994 | 25 January 1995 | 100 days |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | 
|
 Sri Lanka
|
Asia | 12 November 1994 | 9 December 2001 | 7 years, 27 days |
| Susagna Arasanz |
|
 Andorra
|
Europe | 7 December 1994 | 7 April 2001 | 6 years, 121 days |
| Indra Sāmīte |
|
 Latvia
|
Europe | 25 May 1995 | 21 December 1995 | 210 days |
| Ruby Thoma |
|
 Nauru
|
Oceania | 11 November 1996 | 28 November 1996 | 17 days |
| Gabriela Núñez |
|
 Honduras
|
North America | 27 January 1998 | 27 January 2002 | 4 years, 0 days |
| 29 June 2009 | 27 January 2010 | 212 days | ||||
| Edith Nawakwi |
|
 Zambia
|
Africa | 20 March 1998 | 29 June 1999 | 1 year, 101 days |
| Maritza Aguirre |
|
Venezuela
|
South America | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 1999 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Brigita Schmögnerová |
|
 Slovakia
|
Europe | 30 October 1998 | 28 January 2002 | 3 years, 90 days |
| Ana Lucía Armijos |
|
 Ecuador
|
South America | 15 February 1999 | 21 January 2000 | 340 days |
| Luísa Diogo | 
|
 Mozambique
|
Africa | 24 January 2000 | 3 February 2005 | 5 years, 10 days |
| Pia Gjellerup |
|
 Denmark
|
Europe | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days |
| Mireia Maestre Cortadella |
|
Andorra
|
Europe | 7 April 2001 | 3 June 2005 | 4 years, 57 days |
| Dalia Grybauskaitė | 
|
Lithuania
|
Europe | 3 July 2001 | 1 May 2004 | 2 years, 303 days |
| Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner | 
|
 Poland
|
Europe | 28 August 2001 | 19 October 2001 | 52 days |
| Fernanda Borges | 
|
 East Timor
|
Asia | 20 September 2001 | 20 May 2002 | 242 days |
| Maria Tebús |
|
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Africa | 26 September 2001 | 9 August 2003 | 1 year, 317 days |
| 21 April 2006 | 20 November 2007 | 1 year, 213 days | ||||
| Enebay Atayeva |
|
 Turkmenistan
|
Asia | 24 November 2001 | 15 November 2002 | 356 days |
| Zinaida Greceanîi | 
|
Moldova
|
Europe | 8 February 2002 | 12 October 2005 | 3 years, 246 days |
| Manuela Ferreira Leite | 
|
 Portugal
|
Europe | 6 April 2002 | 17 July 2004 | 2 years, 100 days |
| Madalena Boavida |
|
East Timor
|
Asia | 20 May 2002 | 8 August 2007 | 5 years, 80 days |
| Ayaovi Demba Tignonkpa |
|
 Togo
|
Africa | 3 December 2002 | 30 July 2003 | 239 days |
| Ljerka Marić |
|
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Europe | 13 January 2003 | 9 February 2007 | 4 years, 27 days |
| Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila | .jpg)
|
 Namibia
|
Africa | 8 May 2003 | 21 March 2015 | 11 years, 317 days |
| Georgina Barreiro Fajardo |
|
 Cuba
|
North America | 21 June 2003 | 2 March 2009 | 5 years, 254 days |
| Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | .jpg)
|
 Nigeria
|
Africa | 15 July 2003 | 21 June 2006 | 2 years, 341 days |
| 11 July 2011 | 29 May 2015 | 3 years, 322 days | ||||
| Juanita Amatong |
|
 Philippines
|
Asia | 1 December 2003 | 14 February 2005 | 1 year, 75 days |
| Ayşe Dönmezer |
|
Northern Cyprus
|
Europe | 13 January 2004 | 4 August 2004 | 204 days |
| Antonieta Bonilla |
|
Guatemala
|
North America | 14 January 2004 | 14 January 2008 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Bibitäç Wekilowa |
|
Turkmenistan
|
Asia | 22 April 2004 | 8 March 2005 | 320 days |
| Margaret Keita |
|
 Gambia
|
Africa | 10 March 2005 | 14 June 2005 | 96 days |
| Maria do Carmo Silveira | .jpg)
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Africa | 8 June 2005 | 21 April 2006 | 317 days |
| Magdalena Barreiro |
|
Ecuador
|
South America | 8 August 2005 | 28 December 2005 | 142 days |
| Kristin Halvorsen | .jpg)
|
 Norway
|
Europe | 17 October 2005 | 20 October 2009 | 4 years, 3 days |
| Teresa Lubińska |
|
Poland
|
Europe | 31 October 2005 | 7 January 2006 | 68 days |
| Felisa Miceli | 
|
 Argentina
|
South America | 28 November 2005 | 16 July 2007 | 1 year, 230 days |
| Sri Mulyani | 
|
 Indonesia
|
Asia | 7 December 2005 | 20 May 2010 | 4 years, 164 days |
| 27 July 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 146 days | ||||
| Zakia Meghji | 
|
 Tanzania
|
Africa | 6 January 2006 | 7 February 2008 | 2 years, 32 days |
| Zyta Gilowska | 
|
Poland
|
Europe | 7 January 2006 | 24 June 2006 | 168 days |
| 22 September 2006 | 7 September 2007 | 350 days | ||||
| 10 September 2007 | 16 November 2007 | 67 days | ||||
| Natalya Korzhova |
|
 Kazakhstan
|
Asia | 18 January 2006 | 13 November 2007 | 1 year, 299 days |
| Antoinette Sayeh | 
|
Liberia
|
Africa | 2 February 2006 | 22 August 2008 | 2 years, 202 days |
| Nenadi Usman |
|
Nigeria
|
Africa | 21 June 2006 | 26 July 2007 | 1 year, 35 days |
| Rebeca Santos |
|
Honduras
|
North America | 3 July 2006 | 29 June 2009 | 2 years, 361 days |
| Cristina Duarte | 
|
 Cape Verde
|
Africa | 6 September 2006 | 22 April 2016 | 9 years, 229 days |
| Denise Sinankwa |
|
 Burundi
|
Africa | 13 September 2006 | 13 July 2007 | 303 days |
| Vesna Arsić |
|
 Serbia
|
Europe | 9 November 2006 | 14 November 2006 | 5 days |
| Christine Lagarde | _(cropped).jpg)
|
 France
|
Europe | 19 June 2007 | 29 June 2011 | 4 years, 10 days |
| Irina Molokanova |
|
 Transnistria
|
Europe | 4 July 2007 | 24 January 2012 | 4 years, 204 days |
| 11 January 2016 | 29 December 2017 | 1 year, 352 days | ||||
| Emília Pires | 
|
East Timor
|
Asia | 8 August 2007 | 11 February 2015 | 7 years, 187 days |
| Karen Nunez-Tesheira |
|
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
North America | 7 November 2007 | 26 May 2010 | 2 years, 200 days |
| Clotilde Nizigama |
|
Burundi
|
Africa | 16 November 2007 | 2012 | 4 years, 46 days |
| Tazimkhan Kalibetova |
|
 Kyrgyzstan
|
Asia | 28 December 2007 | 14 January 2009 | 1 year, 17 days |
| Mariana Durleșteanu |
|
Moldova
|
Europe | 31 March 2008 | 25 September 2009 | 1 year, 178 days |
| Ângela Viegas Santiago |
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Africa | 22 June 2008 | 1 August 2010 | 2 years, 40 days |
| Diana Dragutinović | 
|
Serbia
|
Europe | 7 July 2008 | 14 March 2011 | 2 years, 250 days |
| Wilma Salgado |
|
Ecuador
|
South America | 8 July 2008 | 16 September 2008 | 70 days |
| María Elsa Viteri | ,_(4493026901).jpg)
|
Ecuador
|
South America | 16 September 2008 | 21 April 2010 | 1 year, 217 days |
| 6 March 2018 | 14 May 2018 | 69 days | ||||
| Syda Bbumba |
|
 Uganda
|
Africa | 16 February 2009 | 27 May 2011 | 2 years, 100 days |
| Lina Pedraza Rodríguez |
|
Cuba
|
North America | 2 March 2009 | 9 January 2019 | 9 years, 313 days |
| Sophie Thevenoux |
|
 Monaco
|
Europe | 26 March 2009 | 14 January 2011 | 1 year, 294 days |
| Elena Salgado | _(cropped).jpg)
|
 Spain
|
Europe | 7 April 2009 | 21 December 2011 | 2 years, 258 days |
| Ingrida Šimonytė | 
|
Lithuania
|
Europe | 7 July 2009 | 13 December 2012 | 3 years, 159 days |
| Jenny Phillips |
|
 Costa Rica
|
North America | 5 August 2009 | 8 May 2010 | 276 days |
| Raya Haffar al-Hassan | .jpg)
|
 Lebanon
|
Asia | 9 November 2009 | 13 June 2011 | 1 year, 216 days |
| Mercedes Aráoz | 
|
 Peru
|
South America | 22 December 2009 | 14 September 2010 | 266 days |
| Wonnie Boedhoe | .jpg)
|
 Suriname
|
South America | 12 August 2010 | 10 June 2011 | 302 days |
| Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | 
|
 Switzerland
|
Europe | 1 November 2010 | 31 December 2015 | 5 years, 60 days |
| Elfreda Tamba |
|
Liberia
|
Africa | 5 November 2010 | 18 November 2010 | 13 days |
| Martina Dalić |
|
 Croatia
|
Europe | 29 December 2010 | 23 December 2011 | 359 days |
| Dinara Shaydieva |
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
Asia | 31 January 2011 | 4 February 2011 | 4 days |
| Maria Fekter | 
|
 Austria
|
Europe | 21 April 2011 | 16 December 2013 | 2 years, 239 days |
| Rose Nakanaga |
|
 Micronesia
|
Oceania | 11 May 2011 | 7 May 2012 | 362 days |
| Maria Kiwanuka |
|
Uganda
|
Africa | 27 May 2011 | 1 March 2015 | 3 years, 278 days |
| Adidjatou Mathys |
|
 Benin
|
Africa | 28 May 2011 | 10 April 2012 | 318 days |
| Adeline Wijnerman | 
|
Suriname
|
South America | 15 June 2011 | 12 August 2015 | 4 years, 58 days |
| Jutta Urpilainen | .jpg)
|
 Finland
|
Europe | 22 June 2011 | 6 June 2014 | 2 years, 349 days |
| Oddný Harðardóttir |
|
 Iceland
|
Europe | 31 December 2011 | 1 October 2012 | 275 days |
| Elena Girzhul | 
|
Transnistria
|
Europe | 24 January 2012 | 25 December 2015 | 3 years, 335 days |
| Christina Liu | 
|
Taiwan
|
Asia | 6 February 2012 | 30 May 2012 | 114 days |
| Marie-Carmelle Jean-Marie |
|
Haiti
|
North America | 16 May 2012 | 9 April 2013 | 328 days |
| 2 April 2014 | 18 January 2015 | 291 days | ||||
| Katrín Júlíusdóttir | 
|
Iceland
|
Europe | 1 October 2012 | 23 May 2013 | 234 days |
| Maria Luís Albuquerque | 
|
Portugal
|
Europe | 24 July 2013 | 26 November 2015 | 2 years, 125 days |
| Bouaré Fily Sissoko |
|
 Mali
|
Africa | 8 September 2013 | 10 January 2015 | 1 year, 124 days |
| Siv Jensen | 
|
Norway
|
Europe | 16 October 2013 | 24 January 2020 | 6 years, 100 days |
| Saada Salum | 
|
Tanzania
|
Africa | 20 January 2014 | 5 November 2015 | 1 year, 289 days |
| Ioana Petrescu | _(16054527971).jpg)
|
 Romania
|
Europe | 4 March 2014 | 15 December 2014 | 286 days |
| Magdalena Andersson | 
|
Sweden
|
Europe | 3 October 2014 | 30 November 2021 | 7 years, 58 days |
| Maris Lauri | 
|
 Estonia
|
Europe | 3 November 2014 | 9 April 2015 | 157 days |
| Natalie Jaresko | .jpg)
|
 Ukraine
|
Europe | 2 December 2014 | 14 April 2016 | 1 year, 134 days |
| Santina Cardoso | 
|
East Timor
|
Asia | 11 February 2015 | 15 September 2017 | 2 years, 216 days |
| 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 172 days | ||||
| Samsam Abdi Adan |
|
 Somaliland
|
Africa | 7 March 2015 | 13 December 2017 | 2 years, 281 days |
| 'Mamphono Khaketla |
|
 Lesotho
|
Africa | 30 March 2015 | 8 November 2016 | 1 year, 223 days |
| Sihna N. Lawrence |
|
Micronesia
|
Oceania | 16 July 2015 | 11 May 2019 | 3 years, 299 days |
| Kemi Adeosun |
|
Nigeria
|
Africa | 11 November 2015 | 15 September 2018 | 2 years, 308 days |
| Anca Dragu | 
|
Romania
|
Europe | 17 November 2015 | 4 January 2017 | 1 year, 48 days |
| Malado Kaba | 
|
 Guinea
|
Africa | 4 January 2016 | 28 May 2018 | 2 years, 134 days |
| Rosine Sori-Coulibaly | .jpg)
|
Burkina Faso
|
Africa | 13 January 2016 | 24 January 2019 | 3 years, 11 days |
| Dana Reizniece-Ozola | 
|
Latvia
|
Europe | 11 February 2016 | 23 January 2019 | 2 years, 346 days |
| Alenka Smerkolj | _(cropped).jpg)
|
 Slovenia
|
Europe | 13 July 2016 | 21 September 2016 | 70 days |
| Lamia Zribi |
|
 Tunisia
|
Africa | 27 August 2016 | 30 April 2017 | 246 days |
| Mateja Vraničar Erman | .jpg)
|
Slovenia
|
Europe | 21 September 2016 | 13 September 2018 | 1 year, 357 days |
| Helga Vukaj |
|
 Albania
|
Europe | 22 May 2017 | 17 August 2017 | 87 days |
| Lea Giménez | 
|
 Paraguay
|
South America | 6 June 2017 | 15 August 2018 | 1 year, 70 days |
| Vonintsalama Andriambololona |
|
 Madagascar
|
Africa | 18 July 2017 | 24 January 2019 | 1 year, 190 days |
| Claudia Cooper |
|
Peru
|
South America | 17 September 2017 | 2 April 2018 | 197 days |
| Alena Schillerová | 
|
 Czech Republic
|
Europe | 13 December 2017 | 17 December 2021 | 4 years, 4 days |
| Tatyana Kirova |
|
Transnistria
|
Europe | 1 January 2018 | 25 March 2022 | 4 years, 83 days |
| Teresa Czerwińska |
|
Poland
|
Europe | 9 January 2018 | 4 June 2019 | 1 year, 146 days |
| Margaret Mwanakatwe | .jpg)
|
Zambia
|
Africa | 14 February 2018 | 14 July 2019 | 1 year, 150 days |
| Rocío Aguilar Montoya |
|
Costa Rica
|
North America | 8 May 2018 | 23 October 2019 | 1 year, 168 days |
| Ana Brnabić | 
|
Serbia
|
Europe | 16 May 2018 | 29 May 2018 | 13 days |
| Mia Mottley | 
|
 Barbados
|
North America | 25 May 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 209 days |
| Shamshad Akhtar | 
|
Pakistan
|
Asia | 5 June 2018 | 18 August 2018 | 74 days |
| 17 August 2023 | 4 March 2024 | 200 days | ||||
| María Jesús Montero | .jpg)
|
Spain
|
Europe | 7 June 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 196 days |
| Oksana Markarova | .jpg)
|
Ukraine
|
Europe | 8 June 2018 | 4 March 2020 | 1 year, 270 days |
| Sara Lobo Brites |
|
East Timor
|
Asia | 22 June 2018 | 29 May 2020 | 1 year, 342 days |
| Zainab Ahmed | 
|
Nigeria
|
Africa | 17 September 2018 | 29 May 2023 | 4 years, 254 days |
| Baktygul Jeenbaeva |
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
Asia | 13 December 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 7 days |
| Anila Denaj |
|
Albania
|
Europe | 28 December 2018 | 2 September 2021 | 2 years, 248 days |
| Meisi Bolaños |
|
Cuba
|
North America | 9 January 2019 | 19 April 2023 | 4 years, 100 days |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | _(cropped).jpg)
|
India
|
Asia | 31 May 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 203 days |
| Natalia Gavrilița | 
|
Moldova
|
Europe | 8 June 2019 | 14 November 2019 | 159 days |
| María Antonieta Alva | 
|
Peru
|
South America | 3 October 2019 | 9 November 2020 | 1 year, 37 days |
| Vera Daves | 
|
 Angola
|
Africa | 8 October 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 73 days |
| Katri Kulmuni | 
|
Finland
|
Europe | 10 December 2019 | 9 June 2020 | 182 days |
| Mariam Al-Aqeel |
|
 Kuwait
|
Asia | 17 December 2019 | 16 February 2020 | 61 days |
| Azucena Arbeleche | .jpg)
|
 Uruguay
|
South America | 1 March 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 294 days |
| Hykmete Bajrami | 
|
 Kosovo
|
Europe | 3 June 2020 | 24 February 2021 | 266 days |
| Chrystia Freeland | .jpg)
|
 Canada
|
North America | 18 August 2020 | 16 December 2024 | 4 years, 120 days |
| Gintarė Skaistė |
|
Lithuania
|
Europe | 7 December 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 13 days |
| Keit Pentus-Rosimannus | .jpg)
|
Estonia
|
Europe | 26 January 2021 | 19 October 2022 | 1 year, 266 days |
| Janet Yellen | .jpg)
|
 United States
|
North America | 26 January 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 329 days |
| Annika Saarikko | .jpg)
|
Finland
|
Europe | 27 May 2021 | 20 June 2023 | 2 years, 24 days |
| Sihem Boughdiri |
|
Tunisia
|
Africa | 2 August 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 140 days |
| Rindra Rabarinirinarison | Madagascar
|
Africa | August 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 141 days | |
| Delina Ibrahimaj |
|
Albania
|
Europe | 18 September 2021 | 9 September 2023 | 1 year, 356 days |
| Yuriko Backes | 
|
 Luxembourg
|
Europe | 5 January 2022 | 17 November 2023 | 1 year, 316 days |
| Sigrid Kaag | .jpg)
|
 Netherlands
|
Europe | 10 January 2022 | 8 January 2024 | 1 year, 363 days |
| Alena Ruskevich |
|
Transnistria
|
Europe | 25 March 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 270 days |
| Magdalena Rzeczkowska | .jpg)
|
Poland
|
Europe | 26 April 2022 | 27 November 2023 | 1 year, 215 days |
| Katy Gallagher | 
|
 Australia
|
Oceania | 23 May 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 211 days |
| Rositsa Velkova-Zheleva |
|
Bulgaria
|
Europe | 2 August 2022 | 6 June 2023 | 308 days |
| Elisabeth Svantesson | 
|
Sweden
|
Europe | 18 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 63 days |
| Annely Akkermann | 
|
Estonia
|
Europe | 19 October 2022 | 17 April 2023 | 180 days |
| Karin Keller-Sutter | .jpg)
|
Switzerland
|
Europe | 1 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 354 days |
| Chuang Tsui-yun | 
|
Taiwan
|
Asia | 31 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 324 days |
| Veronica Sirețeanu | 
|
Moldova
|
Europe | 16 February 2023 | 27 September 2023 | 223 days |
| Riikka Purra | .jpg)
|
Finland
|
Europe | 20 June 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 183 days |
| Rose Nakanaga |
|
Micronesia
|
Oceania | 19 September 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 92 days |
| Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir | 
|
Iceland
|
Europe | 14 October 2023 | 9 April 2024 | 178 days |
| Nicola Willis | .png)
|
New Zealand
|
Oceania | 27 November 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 23 days |
| Lyudmila Petkova |
|
Bulgaria
|
Europe | 9 April 2024 | Incumbent | 255 days |
| Rachel Reeves | _(cropped).jpg)
|
 United Kingdom
|
Europe | 5 July 2024 | Incumbent | 168 days |
Constituent states, dependent territories, and autonomous regions
Denotes incumbent finance minister| Name | Image | State/Territory/Region | Parent country | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varvara Yakovleva | 
|
 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
 Soviet Union
|
Europe | 21 December 1929 | 12 September 1937 | 7 years, 265 days |
| Carmen Ana Culpeper |
|
 Puerto Rico
|
United States
|
North America | 2 January 1981 | 31 December 1984 | 3 years, 364 days |
| Jóngerð Purkhús |
|
 Faroe Islands
|
Denmark
|
Europe | 1984 | 1989 | 5 years, 0 days |
| Bette Stephenson |
|
 Ontario
|
Canada
|
North America | 17 May 1985 | 26 June 1985 | 40 days |
| Carmen Lawrence | .png)
|
 Western Australia
|
Australia
|
Oceania | 12 February 1990 | 16 February 1993 | 3 years, 4 days |
| Amina Salum Ali | 
|
 Zanzibar
|
Tanzania
|
Africa | 25 October 1990 | 8 November 2000 | 10 years, 14 days |
| Ella Tromp-Yargazaray |
|
 Aruba
|
Netherlands
|
South America | 1993 | 1994 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Monique Gagnon-Tremblay | 
|
 Quebec
|
Canada
|
North America | 18 October 1993 | 11 January 1994 | 85 days |
| Janice MacKinnon |
|
 Saskatchewan
|
Canada
|
North America | 8 January 1993 | 27 June 1997 | 4 years, 170 days |
| Elizabeth Cull |
|
 British Columbia
|
Canada
|
North America | 15 September 1993 | 17 June 1996 | 2 years, 276 days |
| Pauline Marois | 
|
Quebec
|
Canada
|
North America | 3 November 1995 | 29 January 1996 | 87 days |
| 8 March 2001 | 29 April 2003 | 2 years, 52 days | |||||
| Joan Sheldon |
|
 Queensland
|
Australia
|
Oceania | 19 February 1996 | 26 June 1998 | 2 years, 127 days |
| Pat Mella |
|
 Prince Edward Island
|
Canada
|
North America | 27 November 1996 | 10 October 2003 | 6 years, 317 days |
| Xenia Vélez Silva |
|
Puerto Rico
|
United States
|
North America | 2 January 1997 | 31 December 2000 | 3 years, 364 days |
| Margaret Dyer-Howe |
|
 Montserrat
|
United Kingdom
|
North America | 5 April 2001 | 2002 | 271 days |
| Pat Nelson |
|
 Alberta
|
Canada
|
North America | 16 March 2001 | 25 November 2004 | 3 years, 254 days |
| Janet Ecker |
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Ontario
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Canada
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North America | 15 April 2002 | 23 October 2003 | 1 year, 191 days |
| Ersilia de Lannooy |
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 Netherlands Antilles
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Netherlands
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South America | 3 June 2002 | 10 October 2010 | 8 years, 129 days |
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 Bermuda
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United Kingdom
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North America | 22 January 2004 | 18 December 2012 | 8 years, 331 days |
| Shirley McClellan |
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Alberta
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Canada
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North America | 25 November 2004 | 15 December 2006 | 2 years, 20 days |
| Carole Taylor | 
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British Columbia
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Canada
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North America | 16 June 2005 | 23 June 2008 | 3 years, 7 days |
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Queensland
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Australia
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Oceania | 2 February 2006 | 13 September 2007 | 1 year, 223 days |
| Armelle Merceron |
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 French Polynesia
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France
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Oceania | 29 December 2006 | 31 August 2007 | 245 days |
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Quebec
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Canada
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North America | 18 April 2007 | 8 April 2009 | 1 year, 355 days |
| Pat Atkinson |
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Saskatchewan
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Canada
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North America | 31 May 2007 | 21 November 2007 | 174 days |
| Aleqa Hammond | 
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 Greenland
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Denmark
|
North America | 1 July 2007 | 26 September 2008 | 1 year, 87 days |
| Iris Evans | 
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Alberta
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Canada
|
North America | 12 March 2008 | 15 January 2010 | 1 year, 309 days |
| Rosann Wowchuk |
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 Manitoba
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Canada
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North America | 3 November 2009 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 334 days |
| Lara Giddings | 
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 Tasmania
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Australia
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Oceania | 6 December 2010 | 31 March 2014 | 3 years, 115 days |
| Maliina Abelsen |
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Greenland
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Denmark
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North America | March 2011 | 5 April 2013 | 2 years, 35 days |
| Sonia Backès |
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 New Caledonia
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France
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Oceania | 10 June 2011 | 5 June 2014 | 2 years, 360 days |
| Maureen MacDonald |
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 Nova Scotia
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Canada
|
North America | 30 May 2012 | 22 October 2013 | 1 year, 145 days |
| Julianna O'Connor-Connolly |
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 Cayman Islands
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United Kingdom
|
North America | 19 December 2012 | 28 May 2013 | 160 days |
| Jennifer Howard |
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Manitoba
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Canada
|
North America | 18 October 2013 | 3 November 2014 | 1 year, 16 days |
| Diana Whalen | 
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Nova Scotia
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Canada
|
North America | 22 October 2013 | 24 July 2015 | 1 year, 275 days |
| Charlene Johnson |
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 Newfoundland and Labrador
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Canada
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North America | 29 January 2014 | 5 September 2014 | 219 days |
| Melba Acosta Febo | 
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Puerto Rico
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United States
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North America | 27 October 2014 | 31 July 2016 | 1 year, 278 days |
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 New South Wales
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Australia
|
Oceania | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 1 year, 303 days |
| Kristina Háfoss | 
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Faroe Islands
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Denmark
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Europe | 15 September 2015 | 16 September 2019 | 4 years, 1 day |
| Cathy Bennett | 
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Canada
|
North America | 14 December 2015 | 31 July 2017 | 1 year, 229 days |
| Cathy Rogers |
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 New Brunswick
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Canada
|
North America | 6 June 2016 | 8 November 2018 | 2 years, 155 days |
| Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson | 
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 Turks and Caicos Islands
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United Kingdom
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North America | 20 December 2016 | 20 February 2021 | 4 years, 62 days |
| Lourdes Alberto |
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 Curaçao
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Netherlands
|
South America | 24 March 2017 | 29 May 2017 | 66 days |
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British Columbia
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Canada
|
North America | 18 July 2017 | 26 November 2020 | 3 years, 131 days |
| Karen Casey |
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Nova Scotia
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Canada
|
North America | 15 June 2017 | 23 February 2021 | 3 years, 253 days |
| Donna Harpauer |
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Saskatchewan
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Canada
|
North America | 30 August 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 112 days |
| Xiomara Ruiz-Maduro | 
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Aruba
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Netherlands
|
South America | 17 November 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 33 days |
| Jackie Trad | 
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Queensland
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Australia
|
Oceania | 12 December 2017 | 10 May 2020 | 2 years, 150 days |
| Susan Pinel |
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 Jersey
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United Kingdom
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Europe | 7 June 2018 | 22 June 2022 | 4 years, 15 days |
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 Wales
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United Kingdom
|
Europe | 13 December 2018 | 11 September 2024 | 5 years, 273 days |
| Darlene Compton |
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Prince Edward Island
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Canada
|
North America | 9 May 2019 | 3 April 2023 | 3 years, 329 days |
| Diane Dodds Minister for the Economy |
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Northern Ireland
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United Kingdom
|
Europe | 11 January 2020 | 14 June 2021 | 1 year, 154 days |
| Kate Forbes Cabinet Secretary for Finance |
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 Scotland
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United Kingdom
|
Europe | 17 February 2020 | 28 March 2023 | 3 years, 39 days |
| Selina Robinson | 
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British Columbia
|
Canada
|
North America | 26 November 2020 | 7 December 2022 | 2 years, 11 days |
| Katrine Conroy | 
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British Columbia
|
Canada
|
North America | 7 December 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 13 days |
| Shona Robison Cabinet Secretary for Finance |
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Scotland
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United Kingdom
|
Europe | 29 March 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 266 days |
| Caoimhe Archibald Minister for Finance |
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 Northern Ireland
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United Kingdom
|
Europe | 3 February 2024 | Incumbent | 321 days |
See also
- Financial policy
- Economic policy
- Commercial policy
- Fiscal policy
- Financial regulation
- Finance minister
- List of current finance ministers
- Ministry of Finance
References
- Brown, Erin Clare (2021-08-03). "Tunisia's president appoints tax chief as interim finance minister". The National. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
External links
- Female Finance Ministers
- Rulers.org List of rulers throughout time and places
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