FEMALE
 MINISTERS OF FINANCE AND ECONOMY
1920-99

1929-36 People's Commissar of Finance Varvara Nikoleavna Iakovleva, Russia (USSR)

Circa 1920-29 Deputy Peoples Commissar for Enlightenment (Education) in USSR. In 1938 she was imprisoned in one of Stalin's purges and was either executed or died in a Gulak Camp. She lived (1884-1944)

1930-40 People's Commissar of Fishery Economy Polina Semenovna Zemcuzina, United Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR)

Her surname is also transcribed as Zhemchuzhina. In 1930 she was Deputy Minister of Food Industry, Wife of Premier Minister Molotov (1930-40). She lived (1896-1967)

1939-43 People's Commissar of State Control of the Economy Rozaliia Samoilovna Zemliachka, United Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR)

Also known as Rozaliya Samoylovna Zalkind, she was member of the Social Democratic Party from 1898 and member of it's Central Committee in 1903. Ative in the 1905 Moscow-revolution and in 1909 Secretary of the Party Organization in Baku before immigrating. She returned during World War I, and during the Civil War she was head of the political department of the 8th and 13th armies. First Secretary of the Crimean Party 1920-21 and one of the persons responsible for the blood bath in the area. She held many high party posts before becoming member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and Vice-President of the Council of People's Commissars and in charge of State Control of the Economy. She lived (1876-1947).

1947-48 Minister without Portfolio for Household Economy 
1948-49 Minister of  Household Economy Karin Kock Lindberg, Sweden

She lived (1891-1976)

1969-70 Minister of Finance Indira Gandhi, India

One of the many Portfolios’ Indira Gandhi held during her tenure as Prime Minister 1966-77 and 1980-84 was that of Finance. She lived (1917-84)

1970-77 Minister of Planning, Economy and 
Plan-implementation Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka

During her first two tenures as Prime Minister 1960-66, 1970-77, she held various other Portfolios. During the last 1994-2000 she was only chief of government. She lived (1916-2000).

1971-72 Second Minister of Finance (Taxation) Margit Eskman, Finland  

In 1970 she was Minister in the Office of the Premier Minister

1975-79 Minister of Finance Marie-Christine Mbokou, Central African Republic

On October 4th-8th 1976 she led the Central African Republic delegation to a IMF and World Bank meeting in Manila, Philippines.

1975-76 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for External Affairs, 1977-79 and 1980-93 Minister of National Health and Welfare. Progressive Conservative MP 1972-84. (b. 1936-)

1976-89, 1991-96 Representative of the King  in the Ministry of Finance H.R.H. Ashi Sonam Chhoden Wangchuk, Bhutan
1990-91 and 1996-97 Minister of Finance
2000- Representative in the Ministry of Finance

Chairperson of Royal Insurance Corporation since 1975, of Druk Air from 1980 Corporation, of National Women's Association from 1981,of Royal Civil Service Commission and Royal Monetary Authority since 1982. 1991-94 Repetitive in Ministry of Agriculture and 1997-98 Representative in Ministry of Agriculture  (b. 1953-).

1978 Minister in the Ministry of Finance Marilyn Gordon, Trinidad and Tobago

1972-76 Parliamentary Secretary for Better Village Program, 1976-78 Parliamentary Secretary of Sports, 1978-79 Minister in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, 1979-81 Minister of Transport, 1981 Minister of Culture, Sport and Youth, 1981-82 Minister of Transport, 1982-85 Minister of Culture, Sport and Youth, 1985 Minister of Education 

1979-80 Minister of Finance Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia

1972-73 and 1977-79 Secretary of State of Finance, 1980 President of the National Bank, 1980-85 Leading Member of the Opposition, 1985-86 in Prison, 1990-94 Leading member of exile-government of Amos Sawyer in United States of America, 1994-97 African Director of the UNDP (United Nations Development Program). From 1997 Leader of the Unity Party. Presidential Candidate in 1997, Candidate for the Chairmanship of the National Transitional Government in 2003 and finally won the presidential elections in November 2005 and took office in January 2006. She is divorced, mother of a number of children, and grandmother. (b. 1938-).

1979-81 Minister in the Ministry of Finance Norma Lewis-Phillip, Trinidad and Tobago

1978-79 Parliamentary Secretary of Finance, 1981-82 Minister of Local Government, 1982 Minister in the Ministry of Health and Environment 

1979-81 Minister of Finance Gloria Amon Nikoi, Ghana

In 1969-74 she was Deputy Chief of Mission to the UN, 1979 Minister of Foreign Affairs and 1979-81 Member of the Revolutionary Council of The Armed Forces (Junta), from 1981 Chairperson of the Bank of Housing and Construction. (b. 1930-).

1979-81 Second Minister of Finance (Taxation) Pirkko Anikki Työläjärvi

1975-76 Second Minister of Health and Social Affairs, 1977-79 Minister of Health and Social Affairs 1977-82 Minister of Nordic Co-operation, 1981-82 Minister of Trade and Industry, From 1982-85 Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag/Edskunan, 1982-83 Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee, 1985-99 Landshövding-Maraherra (Governor) of Åbo/Turku and Pori Province. (b. 1938- ).

1980-84 Minister of Economy Colette Flesh, Luxembourg

Also Vice-Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, External Trade and the Self Employed and Minister of Justice. See biography at Vice Premiers 1920-90 (b. 1934- ).

1980-98 Minister of Finance Yun Gi-jong, North Korea

No other information found about her.

1980-83 Minister of Finance Dame Margaret Guilfoyle, Australia

1975 Minister of Education,1975-80 Minister of Social Affairs and from 1980 concurrently Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Child Care Matters (b. 1926 in Belfast, Northern Ireland)

1980-95 Minister of Finance Dame M. Eugenia Charles, Dominica

As Prime Minister she was also Minister of External Affairs, Trade and Industry, Defence, Minister of Information and Public Relations. In 1992 she was Knighted by Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, the former Head of State of Dominica. Unmarried and lived (1916-2005).

1980-84 Secretary of The Treasury Carmen Ana Culpeper, Puerto Rico

Later had posts in the financial and public sector, 2000 as head of the Puertorican Telecommunication Company. 

1982 Minister of Economic Affairs M.Croes, Nederlandse Antillen

1982 Minister of Health and Environment1982-84 Minister of Welfare, Youth, Sports, Culture and Recreation

1982-83 Minister of Economy Maria L. Ph. Liberia-Peters, Nederlandse Antillen

1984-86 and 1988-93 Premier Minister,  Minister of General Affairs and the Interior, Minister of Health and Environment. (b.1941-)  

1983 Minister of Coordination Maritza Izaguirre Porras
1998-99 Minister of National Public Finance, Venezuela

Between 1982-83 Venezuelan Governor in the World Bank and later official in the Inter-American Development Bank. (b. 1939-)

1983-? Minister of Economy Lic. Leticia Matay, Honduras

1981-83 she was Subsecretary for Industry and Internal Trade in Ministry of Economy and Trade and later she became rector of the University of Technology. 

1984 Minister of State (Finance) Pat Carney, Canada
1988-89 President of The Treasury Board

Patricia Carney was Progressive Conservative MP 1980-84, 1984-87 Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1986-87 Minister of International Trade, 1988 Minister of Foreign Trade and from 1990 Senator. (b. 1935-).

1984-86 Minister of State (Finance) Barbara Jean McDougall, Canada

Progressive Conservative MP 1984-93, 1986-88 she was Minister of State for Privatization and 1986-90 Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, 1988-91 Minister of Employment and Immigration and 1991-93 Foreign Minister  (b. 1937- )  

1984-89 Minister of Finances, Trade and Environment Jóngerð Purkhús, The Faero Islands
1989-91 Minister of Economy, Statistics, Transport and Justice

The territory's first female minister and later worked as Assistant Secretary of Budget in the Ministry of Economy

Ca. 1985 Minister of Finance and Credit Maria Mercedes Cuéllar de Martinez, Colombia  

1982-84 Vice-Minister of Housing and Public Works, 1984-85 Vice-Minister of Finance and Credit In 1988 she became Director of National Planning. And in 1999 she was candidate in the primary for the liberal party's selection of a Presidential candidate.

1986-90 Secretary of State of Finance and Budget Clara Boscagli, San Marino

1974-76 Minister of State of Public Works, 1976-78 Minister of State of the Interior, 1979-84 Secretary General of Partito Democratico Cristiano. (b. 1930-)

1986-87 Secretary of Economic Planning Solita Collas-Monsod, Philippines
1987-89 Cabinet Member and Director General for the National Economic and Development Department

1987-91 Minister of Finance Bintou Sango, Burkino Faso

No other information found about her.

1987-93 Secretary of Economy   Anson Chan-fan On Sang, Hong Kong (United Kingdom/China)

1993 Secretary of The Civil Service and 1993-2001 Chief Secretary. See Premier Ministers of External Territories (b. 1940-)

1988-90 and 1993-96 Minister of Finance and Economy Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan  

During her tenures as Prime Minister she held various Portfolios. She was killed by a sucide bomb. She lived (1953-2007)

1988-90 Minister of Finance Shirley Kuo Wang-jung, Taiwan
1990-93 Minister of State and Chairperson of Council of Economic Development

1973-77 Deputy Chairperson of Economic Planning Council, 1977-79 Deputy Chairperson of the Council of Economic Planning Development, 1979-88 Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of China, the National Bank of Taiwan 1993-98 and 1999-2000 Minister of State and 1998-99 Minister without Portfolio. Also known as Dr. Shirley W.Y. Kuo. (b. 1930-)

1988-89 Economic Secretary to the Treasury Gillian Shepard, United Kingdom 
1990-92 Minister of State of The Treasury

1989-90 she was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Social Security, 1992-93 Secretary of State of Employment, 1993-94 Secretary of Agriculture, Fisheries and Foods, 1994-97 Secretary of State of Education, 1995-97 Secretary of State of Employment and Member of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet 1997-99. (b. 1940-)

1989-90 Deputy Premier and Minister of Economy Kasimiera Danutė Prunskienė, Lithuania

1990-91 Prime Minister. (17.3-10.1)

1989-90 Alternate Minister President and Minister of Economy Prof. Dr. Christa Luft, German Democratic Republic (DDR)

1994-2002 Deputy Parliamentary Leader of The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in the Federal Assembly (Bundestag). See also Vice Premiers 1920-90. (b. 1937-)

1989-90 Minister of Finance Uta Nickel, German Democratic Republic (DDR)

1988-89 she was State Secretary for Finances (b. 1941-)

1989-90 Minister of Finance Eglée Iturbe de Blanco, Venezuela

Former Vice-Minister of Finance and International Banking official

1989-90 Minister of State, Director General of the Economic Planning Agency Sumiko Takahara, Japan

Ambassador to Sweden, Finland and Estonia 1995-98. She lived (1934-2001).

1989-96 and 2001 Minister of Administration and Budget Sandra Sumang Pierantozzi, Palau (Balau)

Her country's first female minister. In 2001 she became Vice-President and was again appointed to the government. More details at Vice-Presidents. 

1990-93 Secretary of State of Finance
1993-96 Secretary of State in the Office of the President and President of the National Petroleum Licelott Catalina Marte Hoffiz de Barrios, Dominican Republic

Licelott Marte de Barrios was Minister Councillor 1966-68 and 1968-71 Ambassador and Alternative Delegate of the Permanent Mission to the United Nations and Delegate to the General Assembly and other committees until 1978, also Plenipotentiary Delegate to the General Assembly to the Organisation of American State, 1973-78 Subsecretary of State for External Relations, 1975 Acting Foreign Secretary and from 1978 Ambassador-at-Large, Leader of the Association of Advocates and from 2002 Secretary of Electoral Affairs of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC) and MP.

1990-93 Minister of Finance Ruth Richardson, New Zealand

Had been a National Party MP for a number of years. Resigned and withdrew totally from politics.

1990-91 Minister of Finance and Economy Zélia Maria Cardoso de Mello, Brazil

Secretary of Financial Control in the Secretariat of the National Treasury 1986-87. (b. 1953-)

1990-97 Minister Economic Planning  Danielle Marie-Madeleine Jorre de St. Jorre, Seychelles

Also Minister of Foreign Affairs and 1993-97 of Environment, 1984-90 she was Undersecretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Planning. She lived (1943-97)  

1990-94 Minister of Finance Klavdiya Melnik, Moldova  

Another spelling of her name is Claudia Melinc, and she later became Director of a private bank in Moldova.

1990-93 Minister without Portfolio of the Bank System Botos Katalin, Hungary  

1990 she was State Secretary of Finance

1990-96 Minister of Finance Amina Salum Ali, Zanzibar (Tanzania)
1996-2005 Minister of the Treasury

1985-88 Deputy Minister of Finance, Economy and Planning 
and 1988-90 Minister of State of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation. In 2000 she was a candidate for the nomination for Presidential candidate of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party. From 2005 State Minister in the Chief Minister's Office. (b. 1956-)

1991-94 Minister of Finance Anne Wibble, Sweden

Her father Bertil Ohlin was leader of Folkepartiet Liberalerne 1944-67 and she was leadership candidate 1995, but lost with one vote to Maria Leissner. When Leissner resigned in 1997 Wibble was elected Group Leader. Later same year she resigned to become Economic Director in the Association of Swedish Industries until her death after a short illness. She lived (1944-2000)

 

1991-92 Minister of Finance Elvyra Kunevičienė, Lithuania

In 1991 Economic Advisor of the Premier Minister. (b. 1939-)

1991-95, 1998-2001 and 2001-02 Minister of Economy and Planning Amalie Ward, Liberia

Minister of Commerce and Industry 1999-2001 Sometime Chair of the Planning and Development Committee in the Episcopal Church of Liberia. Widow and mother of 4 children.  Vice-presidential Candidate for the 2005-elections.

1991-93 Minister of State, Chief Economic Coordinator Tansu Çiller, Turkey

1993-96 she was Prime Minister and 1996-97 Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs. (b. 1946-)

1991 Minister of Finance Marie-Michele Rey, Haiti

1991-93 Minister in government-in-exile of Finance, 1993-95 Minister of Finance and Economy. In 1991 President Jean Bertrand Aristide was ousted by a Military Coup d’Etat, he lead a government-in-exile till he was reinstalled in 1993.

1991 Minister of Finance (Irma) Raquel Zelaya Rosales, Guatemala

Later in the 1990s she was member of the Peace Commission, Secretary for Peace and Peace Negotiator brokering the end of the civil war

1991-92 Minister of Budget and Science Wivina Demeester-De Meyer, Belgium

1985-88 Federal Secretary of State for Health and Handicapped, 1988-91 Federal Secretary of State of Finance. Flemish Deputy Premier 1992-95, Minister of Finance, Budget, Science, Public Health and Equality 1992-99. (b. 1943-)

1992-93 Minister of Budget and Science Mieke Officiers-Van De Wiele, Belgium

Later delegate administrator of employers' organization Vlaams Economisch Verbond (Flemish Confederation of Industry, VEV)

1992-94 Minister of Economy and Planning Delia Cardenas-Christie, Panama

1991-92 Vice-Minister of Finance and Taxes, Since ca. 1998 Leader of Movimento Liberal Republicano Nacionalista. 2000 Superintendent of Banks.

1993-2001 Deputy Premier Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs Marianne Bruus Jelved, Denmark

1982-85 Deputy Mayor of Gundsø, since 1987 MF, 1987-93 Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group, since 1990 Leader of Det Radikale Venstre. See Vice Premiers 1990-99. (b. 1943-)

1993-95 Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisors  
1995-97 Assistant to the President for National Economic Policy Laura d'Andrea Tyson, United States of America

Professor in Economics and Dean of the Department of Economics at..

1993-94 Minister of State, Director General of Economic Planning Agency Kubota Manae, Japan

Head of the Prime Minister's Office from 1975, and later member of the House of Councillors, and continues to work with equality questions.

1993-95 Minister of Economy and Finance Onur Boman, The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

From 1978-93 Under-Secretary in the Ministries of Economy and Finance and of the Prime Minister, Advisor and Under-Secretary of          the Presidency, MP 1993-99 and 1998-99 Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation (1941- )

1993-94 Minister of Finance with responsibility for Public Works and Public Health A. A. Tromp-Yarzagaray, Aruba (The Netherlands)

Ella Tromp was Minister-Plenipotentiary in The Netherlands 1989-93 and again from 2001. She is member of the cabinet and acts as liaison to the Dutch government and parliament.

1994-2001 Minister of Finance and Planning Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka

When she became Prime Minister in 1994, she took the portfolio of Finance, which she retained after she was elected President a few months later. She resigned all her cabinet posts after her party lost the parliamentary elections in 2001. See biography at Presidents (b. 1945-)

1994 Deputy Premier Minister and Minister of Economic Reform 
1998-2002 Minister of Finance Brigita Schmögnerová, Slovakia

In 1998 she was candidate in one of the many unsuccessful attempts by the Parliament to elect a President. See Vice Premiers 1990-99.

1994-95 Deputy Premier, Minister of Economy and Finance Hristina Vucheva, Bulgaria 

An official in the Ministry of Finance since 1962, she was member of an interim government consisting of experts. She is now professor of economics. 1937-)

1994-96 Minister of Finance Ana Ordoñez de Molina, Guatemala

No other information found about her.

1994-2000 Minister of Finance Susagna Arasanz Serra, Andorra  

Secretary General of the Conseil Generall 1991-94.

1994-95 Minister for Finance and Computer-Industry Alina Mangodjo, Chad

No other information found about her.

1994-96 Director of Budget and Management and Member of the Cabinet Alice Mitchell Rivlin, United States of America

1963-69 she was Assistant Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1975-83 Director of Congressional Budget Office and 1993-94 Deputy Director of Budget of The White House. 1996-99 she was Vice-Chairperson of the Federal Revenue Board (National Bank). (b. 1931-)  

1994-96 Secretary of State and Director of Customs Anisia Risi de Mercedes, Dominican Republic