Between 1981-2016, Euromoney magazine awarded the Finance Minister of the Year award.Finance minister of the year, Euromoney magazine This award was given to a country Finance Minister who reformed or innovated their countries economy during their tenure. In Australia, the award is colloquially nicknamed "World's Greatest Treasurer" after Paul Keating won in 1984. The award has not been given since 2017, with the magazine focusing their articles and awards on Banking Excellence.
Past recipients are listed below.
1981 Turgut Özal of Turkey 1982 Hon Sui Sen of Singapore 1983 Jesús Silva Herzog of Mexico 1984 Paul Keating of Australia 1985 Roger Douglas of New Zealand 1986 James Baker of the United States of AmericaFinance minister of the year 1986: James Baker, Secretary, U.S. Treasury 1987 Edouard Balladur of FranceCSA Celebrity Speakers 1988 Nigel Lawson of the United Kingdom 1989 J. B. Sumarlin of Indonesia 1990 Philippe Maystadt of Belgium 1991 Carlos Solchaga of Spain 1992 Domingo Cavallo of Argentina 1993 Manmohan Singh of India 1994 Iiro Viinanen of Finland 1995 Roberto de Ocampo of the Philippines 1996 Robert Rubin of the United States of AmericaFINANCE MINISTER OF THE YEAR 1996 - Rubin: quietly getting things done 1997 Anatoly Chubais of RussiaFinance Minister of the Year 1997: Chubais forces the pace 1998 Leszek Balcerowicz of PolandFinance Minister of the Year 1998: Leszek Balcerowicz 1999 José Ángel Gurría of MexicoFinance minister of the year 1999: Staying tough in a crisis 2000 Brigita Schmögnerová of SlovakiaFinance Minister of the Year 2000: Brigita Schmögnerovà 2001 Shaukat Aziz of PakistanFinance minister of the year 2001: Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan 2002 Milen Veltchev of BulgariaFinance minister of the year 2002: Veltchev takes his debt skills back home 2003 Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf of Saudi ArabiaFinance minister of the year 2003: Taking stock of a volatile situation 2004 Ivan Miklos of SlovakiaFinance minister of the year 2004: Miklos has no time for bullies 2005 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of NigeriaFinance minister of the year 2005: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria 2006 Sri Mulyani Indrawati of IndonesiaFinance Minister of the year 2006: Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati 2007 Mlađan Dinkić of SerbiaFinance minister of the year 2007: Mladjan Dinkic 2008 Xie Xuren of ChinaFinance Minister of the Year 2008 2009 Jim Flaherty of CanadaFinance minister of the year: Jim Flaherty, Canada 2010 Alexei Kudrin of RussiaFinance minister of the year 2010: Kudrin’s cautious approach pays off for Russia 2011 Wayne Swan of AustraliaFinance minister of the year 2011: Swan confounds his domestic sceptics 2012 Cesar Purisima of PhilippinesPurisima named Euromoney Finance Minister of the Year 2012 2013 Tharman Shanmugaratnam of Singapore 2014 Luis Videgaray Caso of MexicoFinance minister of the year 2014: Reformer Videgaray transforms Mexico 2015 Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría of ColombiaFinance Minister of the Year 2015: Cárdenas clinches Colombian credibility 2016 Alfonso Prat-Gay of ArgentinaFinance Minister of the Year 2016: Prat-Gay lays the ground for a new Argentina
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