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DEFINITION:
The name of each country's finance minister. A finance minister is a cabinet member in charge of overseeing and regulating the economic and monetary activity of a country. Certain countries have different titles for their finance minister, such as the UK's "Chancellor of the Exchequer" or the United States' "Secretary of the Treasury".
COUNTRY |
DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| AfghanistanAfghanistan | Omar Zakhilwal |
| AlbaniaAlbania | Shkëlqim Cani |
| AlgeriaAlgeria | Karim Djoudi |
| AndorraAndorra | Jordi Cinca Mateos |
| AngolaAngola | Armando Manuel |
| Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda | Harold Lovell |
| ArgentinaArgentina | Hernán Lorenzino |
| ArmeniaArmenia | Davit Sargsyan |
| AustraliaAustralia | Joe Hockey |
| AustriaAustria | Michael Spindelegger |
| AzerbaijanAzerbaijan | Samir Sharifov |
| BahrainBahrain | Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa |
| BangladeshBangladesh | Abul Maal Abdul Muhith |
| BarbadosBarbados | Christopher Sinckler |
| BelarusBelarus | Andrei Kharkovets |
| BelgiumBelgium | Koen Geens |
| BelizeBelize | Dean Barrow |
| BeninBenin | Jonas Gbian |
| BhutanBhutan | Lyonpo Namgay Dorji |
| BoliviaBolivia | Luis Alberto Arce Catacora |
| Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina | Nikola Špirić |
| BotswanaBotswana | Kenneth Matambo |
| BrazilBrazil | Guido Mantega |
| BruneiBrunei | Hassanal Bolkiah |
| BulgariaBulgaria | Peter Chobanov |
| Burkina FasoBurkina Faso | Lucien Marie Noel Bembamba |
| BurundiBurundi | Tabu Abdallah |
| CambodiaCambodia | Keat Chhon |
| CameroonCameroon | Alamine Ousmane Mey |
| CanadaCanada | Jim Flaherty |
| Cape VerdeCape Verde | Cristina Duarte |
| Central African RepublicCentral Africa | Nicolas Tiangaye |
| ChileChile | Felipe Larraín Bascuñán |
| ChinaChina | Lou Jiwei |
| Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire | Daniel Kablan Duncan |
| CroatiaCroatia | Slavko Linić |
| CubaCuba | Lina Olinda Pedraza Rodríguez |
| CyprusCyprus | Charis Georgiades |
| Czech RepublicCzech Republic | Andrej Babiš |
| DenmarkDenmark | Bjarne Corydon |
| EgyptEgypt | Ahmed Galal |
| EstoniaEstonia | Jürgen Ligi |
| FinlandFinland | Jutta Urpilainen |
| FranceFrance | Pierre Moscovici |
| GermanyGermany | Wolfgang Schäuble |
| GhanaGhana | Seth Terkper |
| GreeceGreece | Yannis Stournaras |
| HungaryHungary | Mihály Varga |
| IcelandIceland | Bjarni Benediktsson |
| IndiaIndia | Palaniappan Chidambaram |
| IndonesiaIndonesia | Muhammad Chatib Basri |
| IranIran | Ali Tayebnia |
| IrelandIreland | Michael Noonan |
| IsraelIsrael | Yair Lapid |
| ItalyItaly | Pier Carlo Padoan |
| JamaicaJamaica | Peter Phillips |
| JapanJapan | Tarō Asō |
| JordanJordan | Umayya Toukan |
| KazakhstanKazakhstan | Bolat Zhamishev |
| KenyaKenya | Henry Rotich |
| LatviaLatvia | Andris Vilks |
| LebanonLebanon | Ali Hassan Khalil |
| LithuaniaLithuania | Rimantas Šadžius |
| LuxembourgLuxembourg | Luc Frieden |
| MalaysiaMalaysia | Najib Razak |
| MaltaMalta | Edward Scicluna |
| MexicoMexico | Luis Videgaray Caso |
| NetherlandsNetherlands | Jeroen Dijsselbloem |
| New ZealandNew Zealand | Bill English |
| NigeriaNigeria | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala |
| NorwayNorway | Sigbjørn Johnsen (acting) |
| PakistanPakistan | Ishaq Dar |
| ParaguayParaguay | Germán Rojas |
| PeruPeru | Miguel Castilla |
| PhilippinesPhilippines | Cesar Purisima |
| PolandPoland | Jan Vincent-Rostowski |
| PortugalPortugal | Maria Luís Albuquerque |
| Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia Rep. | Zoran Stavreski |
| RomaniaRomania | Florin Georgescu |
| RussiaRussia | Anton Siluanov |
| Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia | Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf |
| SerbiaSerbia | Lazar Krstić |
| SingaporeSingapore | Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
| SlovakiaSlovakia | Peter Kažimír |
| SomaliaSomalia | Mohamud Hassan Suleiman |
| South AfricaSouth Africa | Pravin Gordhan |
| South SudanSouth Sudan | Kosti Manibe Ngai |
| SpainSpain | Cristóbal Montoro Romero |
| SwedenSweden | Anders Borg |
| TanzaniaTanzania | William Mgimwa |
| ThailandThailand | Kittiratt Na-Ranong |
| The BahamasThe Bahamas | Perry Christie |
| TurkeyTurkey | Mehmet Şimşek |
| UkraineUkraine | Yuriy Kolobov |
| United KingdomUnited Kingdom | George Osborne |
| United StatesUnited States | Jacob Lew |
| VenezuelaVenezuela | Nelson Merentes |
| VietnamVietnam | Vuong Dinh Hue |
| YemenYemen | Sakhir Ahmad Abbas al-Wajih |
| ZambiaZambia | Alexander Chikwanda |
| ZimbabweZimbabwe | Patrick Chinamasa |
