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

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. NameImage Country Continent Mandate start Mandate end Term lengthIndira GandhiAsiaMarie-Christine MboukouAfricaEllen Johnson SirleafAfricaYun Gi-jongAsiaEugenia CharlesNorth AmericaClara BoscagliaEuropeBintou SangoAfricaShirley KuoAsiaBenazir BhuttoAsiaEglée Iturbe de BlancoSouth AmericaUta NickelEuropeLicelott Marte de BarriosNorth AmericaZélia Cardoso de MelloSouth AmericaRuth RichardsonOceaniaOnur BormanEuropeElvyra KunevičienėEuropeIrma Raquel ZelayaNorth AmericaMarie-Michele ReyNorth AmericaAnne WibbleEuropeClaudia MelnicEuropeAna Ordóñez de MolinaNorth AmericaChristina VuchevaEuropeChandrika KumaratungaAsiaSusagna ArasanzEuropeIndra SāmīteEuropeRuby ThomaOceaniaGabriela NúñezNorth AmericaEdith NawakwiAfricaMaritza AguirreSouth AmericaBrigita SchmögnerováEuropeAna Lucía ArmijosSouth AmericaLuísa DiogoAfricaPia GjellerupEuropeMireia Maestre CortadellaEuropeDalia GrybauskaitėEuropeHalina Wasilewska-TrenknerEuropeFernanda BorgesAsiaMaria TebúsAfricaEnebay AtayevaAsiaZinaida GreceanîiEuropeManuela Ferreira LeiteEuropeMadalena BoavidaAsiaAyaovi Demba TignonkpaAfricaLjerka MarićEuropeSaara Kuugongelwa-AmadhilaAfricaGeorgina Barreiro FajardoNorth AmericaNgozi Okonjo-IwealaAfricaJuanita AmatongAsiaAyşe DönmezerEuropeAntonieta BonillaNorth AmericaBibitäç WekilowaAsiaMargaret KeitaAfricaMaria do Carmo SilveiraAfricaMagdalena BarreiroSouth AmericaKristin HalvorsenEuropeTeresa LubińskaEuropeFelisa MiceliSouth AmericaSri MulyaniAsiaZakia MeghjiAfricaZyta GilowskaEuropeNatalya KorzhovaAsiaAntoinette SayehAfricaNenadi UsmanAfricaRebeca SantosNorth AmericaCristina DuarteAfricaDenise SinankwaAfricaVesna ArsićEuropeChristine LagardeEuropeIrina MolokanovaEuropeEmília PiresAsiaKaren Nunez-TesheiraNorth AmericaClotilde NizigamaAfricaTazimkhan KalibetovaAsiaMariana DurleșteanuEuropeÂngela Viegas SantiagoAfricaDiana DragutinovićEuropeWilma SalgadoSouth AmericaMaría Elsa ViteriSouth AmericaSyda BbumbaAfricaLina Pedraza RodríguezNorth AmericaSophie ThevenouxEuropeElena SalgadoEuropeIngrida ŠimonytėEuropeJenny PhillipsNorth AmericaRaya Haffar al-HassanAsiaMercedes AráozSouth AmericaWonnie BoedhoeSouth AmericaEveline Widmer-SchlumpfEuropeElfreda TambaAfricaMartina DalićEuropeDinara ShaydievaAsiaMaria FekterEuropeRose NakanagaOceaniaMaria KiwanukaAfricaAdidjatou MathysAfricaAdelien WijnermanSouth AmericaIncumbentJutta UrpilainenEuropeOddný HarðardóttirEuropeElena GirzhulEuropeChristina LiuAsiaMarie-Carmelle Jean-MarieNorth AmericaKatrín JúlíusdóttirEuropeMaria Luís AlbuquerqueEuropeBouaré Fily SissokoAfricaSiv JensenEuropeSaada SalumAfricaIoana PetrescuEuropeMagdalena AnderssonEuropeMaris LauriEuropeNatalie JareskoEuropeSantina CardosoAsiaIncumbentSamsam Abdi AdanAfrica'Mamphono KhaketlaAfricaSihna N. LawrenceOceaniaKemi AdeosunAfricaAnca DraguEuropeMalado KabaAfricaRosine Sori-CoulibalyAfricaDana Reizniece-OzolaEuropeAlenka SmerkoljEuropeLamia ZribiAfricaMateja Vraničar ErmanEuropeHelga VukajEuropeLea GiménezSouth AmericaVonintsalama AndriambololonaAfricaClaudia CooperSouth AmericaAlena SchillerováEuropeIncumbentTatyana KirovaEuropeTeresa CzerwińskaEuropeMargaret MwanakatweAfricaRocío Aguilar MontoyaNorth AmericaAna BrnabićEuropeMia MottleyNorth AmericaIncumbentShamshad AkhtarAsiaMaría Jesús MonteroEuropeOksana MarkarovaEuropeSara Lobo BritesAsiaZainab AhmedAfricaBaktygul JeenbaevaAsiaIncumbentAnila DenajEuropeMeisi BolañosNorth AmericaNirmala SitharamanAsiaIncumbentNatalia GavrilițaEuropeMaría Antonieta AlvaSouth AmericaVera DavesAfricaIncumbentKatri KulmuniEuropeMariam Al-AqeelAsiaAzucena ArbelecheSouth AmericaHykmete BajramiEuropeChrystia FreelandNorth AmericaGintarė SkaistėEuropeKeit Pentus-RosimannusEuropeJanet YellenNorth AmericaAnnika SaarikkoEuropeSihem BoughdiriAfricaRindra RabarinirinarisonAfricaDelina IbrahimajEuropeYuriko BackesEuropeSigrid KaagEuropeAlena RuskevichEuropeIncumbentMagdalena Rzeczkowska EuropeRositsa Velkova-ZhelevaEuropeElisabeth SvantessonEuropeIncumbentAnnely AkkermannEuropeTaif Sami MohammedAsiaIncumbentKarin Keller-SutterEuropeIncumbentChuang Tsui-yunAsiaIncumbentVeronica SirețeanuEuropeRiikka PurraEuropeIncumbentRose NakanagaOceaniaIncumbentÞórdís Kolbrún R. GylfadóttirEuropeNicola WillisOceaniaIncumbentLyudmila PetkovaEuropeRachel ReevesEuropeVictoria BelousEurope31 July 20241 November 202522 July 2026IncumbentTemenuzhka PetkovaEuropeErica ShafudahAfricaIncumbentDenisse MirallesSouth AmericaSatsuki KatayamaAsiaIncumbent

Constituent states, dependent territories, and autonomous regions

Italics denotes an acting finance minister or a minister of an extinct state/territory/region

NameImage State/Territory/Region Parent country Continent Mandate start Mandate end Term lengthVarvara YakovlevaEuropeCarmen Ana CulpeperNorth AmericaJóngerð PurkhúsEuropeBette StephensonNorth AmericaCarmen LawrenceOceaniaAmina Salum AliAfricaElla Tromp-YargazaraySouth AmericaMonique Gagnon-TremblayNorth AmericaJanice MacKinnonNorth AmericaElizabeth CullNorth AmericaPauline MaroisNorth AmericaJoan SheldonOceaniaPat MellaNorth AmericaXenia Vélez SilvaNorth AmericaMargaret Dyer-HoweNorth AmericaPat NelsonNorth AmericaJanet EckerNorth AmericaErsilia de LannooySouth AmericaPaula CoxNorth AmericaShirley McClellanNorth AmericaCarole TaylorNorth AmericaAnna BlighOceaniaArmelle MerceronOceaniaMonique Jérôme-ForgetNorth AmericaPat AtkinsonNorth AmericaAleqa HammondNorth AmericaIris EvansNorth AmericaRosann WowchukNorth AmericaLara GiddingsOceaniaMaliina AbelsenNorth AmericaSonia BackèsOceaniaMaureen MacDonaldNorth AmericaJulianna O'Connor-ConnollyNorth AmericaJennifer HowardNorth AmericaDiana WhalenNorth AmericaCharlene JohnsonNorth AmericaMelba Acosta FeboNorth AmericaGladys BerejiklianOceaniaKristina HáfossEuropeCathy BennettNorth AmericaCathy RogersNorth AmericaSharlene Cartwright-RobinsonNorth AmericaLourdes AlbertoSouth AmericaCarole JamesNorth AmericaKaren CaseyNorth AmericaDonna HarpauerNorth AmericaXiomara MaduroSouth AmericaIncumbentJackie TradOceaniaSusan PinelEuropeRebecca EvansCabinet Minister for FinanceEurope13 December 201811 September 2024Darlene ComptonNorth AmericaDiane DoddsMinister for the EconomyEurope11 January 202014 June 2021Kate ForbesCabinet Secretary for FinanceEurope17 February 202028 March 2023Selina RobinsonNorth AmericaKatrine ConroyNorth AmericaShona RobisonCabinet Secretary for FinanceEuropeCaoimhe ArchibaldMinister for FinanceEuropeBrenda BaileyNorth AmericaIncumbentElin JonesCabinet Minister for FinanceEurope13 May 2026IncumbentJenny GilruthCabinet Secretary for FinanceEuropeIncumbent

See also Financial policy Economic policy Commercial policy Fiscal policy Financial regulation Finance minister List of current finance ministers Ministry of Finance

References

External links Female Finance Ministers Rulers.org List of rulers throughout time and places