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Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
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WOMEN MINISTERS OF FINANCE AND ECONOMY
FROM 2000 |
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The
Portfolio did long remain a male domain but during the last couple of
years more and more women has been appointed to take care of the finance
and economy, which is traditionally one of the most important
ministries. Deputy Ministers can be found in the entries about the
government members in
Women in governments by country
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2000-01 Minister of Finance Pia Gjellerup, Denmark |
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1987-2007 MF, 1990-93 Chairperson of the Taxation Committee, 1991-93
from 2001 Secretary of the Parliamentary Group, 1993 Minister of
Justice and Police, 1994-98 and 2002-05 Chairperson of the
Parliamentary Group of SD, 1991-93 Secretary of The Folketing,
1993-98 Deputy Chairperson of the Finance Committee and 1998-2000
Minister of Business and Industry. (b. 1960-). |
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2000-05 Minister of Planning and Finance Luísa Días Diogo,
Moçambique |
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In 1993-95 Director of Budget in Ministry of Planning and Finance
and 1995-2000 Vice-Minister of Planning and Finance and
Prime Minister 2004-10. |
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2000-02 Minister-Delegate for Economic Development Anne Konaté,
Burkino Faso |
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Secretary General of a Ministry 1984-86, 1986-90 Ambassador to Mali,
Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, The Gambia and Cape
Verde and to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania 1990-99, 1999-2000 Deputy Minister of Finance
for Economic Development and from 2000 Minister-Delegate by the
Premier Minister. |
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2000-04 National Treasurer Rosa Pastora Mendez de Fondeur, Dominican
Republic |
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In charge of the fiscal affairs of the country. |
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2001-04 Minister of Finance Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuania
2004-09 Commissioner of
Financial Programming and Budget of the European Union |
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1994-1995 Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the
Lithuanian Mission to the EU and Deputy Head Negotiator for the
Europe Agreement with EU, 1996-1999 Plenipotentiary Minister at
the Embassy in USA, 1999-2000 Vice-Minister of
Finance and 2000-01 Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Head
of the EU Accession negotiations, President of Lithuania from 2009.
(b.
1956-). |
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2001 Minister of the State Treasury Aldona Kamela-Sowińska, Poland
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1997-1998 Prostate Secretary of the Treasury, 1998-2000 Professor
and Head of Economics' Department 2000-01 State Secretary of the
Treasury. (b. 1950-). |
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2001 Minister of Finance Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner, Poland
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1995-99 Prostate Secretary of Finance and 1999-2001 State Secretary
of Finance and in 2001 she again became State Secretary.
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2001- Minister of Finance Mireia Maestre Cortadella, Andorra |
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1999-2001 Secretary General of Finance. (b. 1971-) |
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2001-03 Minister of Economic Relations Azra Hadziahmetovic, Bosnia
and Herzegovina |
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Concurrently Minister of Foreign Trade. |
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2001-02 Minister of Finance Margaret Annie Dyer-Howe, Montserrat (UK
Dependency) |
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1983-?91 Minister of Education, Health and Community Service, later
General Manager of Montserrat Water Authority and member of the
Legislative Council. Also Minister of Trade, Agriculture, Lands,
Housing and Environment from 2001.
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2001-07 Minister of Auditing and Control Lina Pedraza Rodriguez, Cuba
2009- Minister of Finance |
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After a career in local politics, she worked for
the Economic Department of the Central Committee from 1994 and as
CHief of the National Audit Office from 1996. MP from 2008. |
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2001-02 Economic Secretary to the Treasury
2002-04 Financial Secretary to the Treasury Ruth Kelly, United
Kingdom |
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She was previously the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nick Brown
at the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (since 1998).
She was a member of the Treasury Select Committee between 1997 and
1998. 2004 Minister of State at the Cabinet Office,
Secretary of State of Education and Skills 2004-06,
Secretary of State of Communities and Local Government and Minister
for Women 2006-07 and Secretary of State for Transport 2007-08.
(b. 1968-). |
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2001-02 Minister of Finance Dra.
Fernanda Mesquita
Borges, Timor Leste |
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She was fourth ranking in the second transitional cabinet of East
Timor, which was under UN protection but on the way to full
independence. Leader
of Partido de Unidade Nacional (PUN) from 2007. |
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2001-04 Minister of Economy and Finance Enebay Geldiyevna Atayeva,
Turkmenistan
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Minister of Social Affairs in 2001. of Deputy Premier responsible
for the Banking Sector 2002-04, Customs and Imports and Governor of
Ahal Region (Ca. 2003-04) and Minister of Culture and TV and Radio
Broadcast from 2006. |
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2001-04 Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan,
Australia |
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Senator until she was elected to the House of Representatives in
2001. She was appointed Minister for Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts in 2004. |
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2001-02 and 2003 Minister Economy Augusta Salling, Greenland (Danish
External Territory) |
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Mayor of Qeqartarsuaq 1993-97, Member of the Landsting for the
liberal Atassut Party from 1999, Party Chairperson 2002-05,
Vicelandsstyreformand (Vice-Premier) in 2003 and 2. Vice-Chairperson
of the Landsting since 2005. (b. 1954-). |
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2002-03
Minister of National Revenue Elinor Caplan, Canada |
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Minister of Government Service and Health in Ontario 1985-90.
Liberal MP from 1997. 1998-99 Parliamentary Secretary to the
Minister of Health and 1999-2002 Minister of Citizenship and
Immigration. (b. 1944-). |
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2002 Minister of Economy Christine Tsung, Taiwan |
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CEO of China Airlines 2001-02 after having lived in USA for almost
30 years. She resigned after only a few months on the post. (b.
1949-). |
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2002-05 Minister of Finance Zinaida Grecianîi,
Moldova |
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Vice-Minister 2000-01 and First Vice-Minister of Finance 2001-02, 1.
Vice Prime Minister and Coordinator of the activity of executive
institution in charge with economic-financial sector from 2005. In
2005 she gathered the highest number of votes at the elections for
Mayor-General of Chisinau municipality, but the elections was
invalidated because of low turnout. (b. 1956-). |
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2002-03 and 2006-07 Minister of Planning and Finance Maria dos
Santos Lima da Costa Tebús Torres, São Tomé e Príncipe |
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Maria Santos Tebus is a former civil servant in and Advisor of the
Ministry 1999-2002. Also Deputy Prime Minister 2006-07.(b. 1958-). |
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2002-04 Minister of Finance Maria Manuela Dias Ferreira Leite,
Portugal
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1989-93 Secretary of State of Finance for Budget, 1993-95 Minister
of Education, Vice-President of Partido Social Democrata 1998-99 and
1999-2002 Deputy Parliamentary Leader. 2002 also Minister of State.
She was against the appointment of
Pedro Santana Lopes as successor of José Durão Barroso as Prime
Minister and resigned from the government. Party President from
2008.
(b. 1940-). |
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2002-06 Minister of Financial Services and Investments Allyson
Maynard-Gibson, The Bahamas |
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In June 2002 she acted as Foreign Minister during the absence of
the minister, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs
2006-07, MP 2002-07 and Leader of the Opposition Business in the
Senate from 2007. |
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2002-03 Minister of Economy Vilma Villalobos, Costa Rica
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Also Minister of Trade and Industry. She is former Secretary of the
National Commission of Deregulations.
(b. 1968-) |
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2002-03 Minister of National Planning and Economic Policies Lineth
Saborío Chaverri, Costa Rica |
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Vice-President and Coordinator of the Ministries of Justice,
Security, Interior, External Relations and the Institute of
Development. She was head of the National Investigative Police
1997-2001, and married to the Deputy Minister by the President Roger
Carvajal Bonilla. (b. 1962-) |
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2002-07 Minister of Finance Madalena Brites Boavida, Timor Leste |
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Appointed to the interim government and continued as member of the
first government of the independent East Timor. |
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2002-03 Minister of Economy, Finance and Privatization Ayawovi Demba
Tignokpa, Togo
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Also President of the Council of Ministers of Finance of the
Monetary Union of East Africa 2002-03. |
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2002-04 Minister of Economy Patricia Ramírez Ceberg, Guatemala |
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Her portfolio also covers Foreign Trade. |
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2002- Minister
of Finance Ersilia de Lannooy, Nederlandse Antillen |
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A
former Party Secretary of the National People's Party she became
Party Leader in 2004, and is normally known as ‘Zus’/Sister.
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2002-04 and 2007-08 Minister-Delegate Financial Reform
attatched to the Minister of Finance charged with Fathia Mentouri, Algeria
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Former civil servant and diplomat always working with financing and
economy. 1997 Vice-Governor by the African Bank of Development. 2001
Vice-Governor of the National Bank of Algeria. (b. 1947-) |
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2003-04 Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Slavica Milacić,
Montenegro
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Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Head of the
Montenegrin Mission to the EU. She is also Minister of European
Integration. |
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2003-07 Minister of Finance and the Treasury Ljerka Marić,
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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1998/98 Minister of Finance in the Canton of Fojnica, Assistant
Minister of Finance for Economy of The Bosnian Federation in 2000
and later Advisor of the Prime Minister. |
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2003- Minister of Economic Relations Dr. Mila Gadzić, Bosnia and
Herzegovina |
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Concurrently Minister f Foreign Trade. A former economy University
Scholar. |
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2003-09 Minister of Finance Georgina Berreiro Fajardoz, Cuba
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Also Minister of Prices. Until her appointment she was Director in
the National Bank of Cuba. |
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2003-04 Minister of Economy Fientje Moerman, Belgium |
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Concurrently Minister of Energy, Foreign Trade and Scientific
Politics. Member of the Chamber of Deputies and Secretary General of
the liberal VLD since 1999. From 2004 Minister in the Government of
Flanders.
(b. 1958-). |
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2003-05 Minister of Economy
Lidia Santova Shouleva, Bulgaria |
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Deputy Prime Minister 2001-05, and was Minister of Labour and Social
Policy 2001-03. |
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2003-05 Secretary of Finance Juanita D. Amatong, The Philippines |
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1986-92 Assistant Secretary of Finance 1992-95 and 2001-03
Undersecretary of Finance. (b. 1935-). |
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2003-06 Minister of Finance Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria
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When she was appointed Foreign Affairs in June 2006, she continued
as the Head of the Economic Reform Team, but resigned from the government
after being fired from this post in August.
Her successor as Finance Minsiter was the former Minister of State
Nenadi Esther Usman. |
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2003- Minister of Finance Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Namibia |
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Saara Kuugongelwa was Cabinet Member and Director-General of the
National Planning Commission 1997-2003. |
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2003-07 Minister of Planning and Development Camille Robinson-Regis,
Trinidad and Tobago |
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1992-94 Minister of Information, 1994-95 Minister of Social
Development, 1994-95 Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister,
1995 Minister of Consumers' Affairs and 2001-03 Minister of Legal
Affairs |
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2003-05 Minister of Planning, Development and Reconstruction
Séraphine Wakana, Burundi |
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An academic when appointed to the cabinet. |
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2003-07 Second Minister of Finance Ulla-Maj Wideroos, Finland |
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Group Secretary of Swedish People's Party 1995-99, Deputy Group
Chairperson 1999 and Parliamentary Leader, Group Chairperson
1999-2003 and again from 2007. From 2003 also Minister of Nordic
Cooperation. Chairperson of the Swedish Speaking Assembly,
Folktinget, from 2007. (b. 1951-). |
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2004 Minister of Economy Ayşe Dönmezer, Turksh Republic of Northern
Cyprus |
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Ayse was also Minister of Tourism. She is a former Under-Secretary
in the Ministry of Finance. |
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2004-08 Minister of Public Finances María Antonieta del Cid
de Bonilla, Guatemala |
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Former Vice-President of the Bank of Guatamala and other assignments
in the financial and banking world. |
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2004- Minister of Finance Paula A. Cox, Bermuda (British Dependent
Territory) |
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Succeeded her father, Eugene Cox as Minister of Finance when he died
in January 2004. 1998-2002 Minister of Labour and Home Affairs and
Public Security, 2002-04 Minister of Education, 2002-03 Minister of
Development, 2003-04 Attorney General and Minister of Justice.
Deputy Leader of the Progressive Labour Party and Deputy Premier
from 2006. (b. 1969-). |
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2004-07 Minister in the Ministry of Finance for Revenue Christine
Sahadeo, Trinidad and Tobago |
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A
buisiness executive and Senator from 2001. |
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2004-05 Minister of Economy and Finance Bibitac Vekilova,
Turkmenistan |
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Her surname is also transcribed Velikova. She was Deputy minister of
economy and finance 2003-04 and she was first appointed Acting
Minister for a six-month "text-period" after her predecessor was
fired by the country's exocentric dictator, Saparmyrat Nyyazov
Turkmenbasy (Father of Turkmen) during a direct news broadcast. She
was later fired during a Cabinet Session, by the president who
instructed her to join the agricultural joint-stock association as a
deputy to control revenues and expenditures there. |
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2004-05 and 2007-08 Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh, Taiwan
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2000-04 Vice-Chairperson of the Cabinet Council for Economic
Planning and Development. Minister without Portfolio 2006-07. |
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2004 Minister in charge of the Council for Economic Planning and
Development Yeh Chu-lan, Taiwan |
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Deputy Convener of DPP Caucus in Legislative Yuan 1992 and General
Convener 1995, 2000-02 Minister of State and Minister of
Transport and Communication (Third in Cabinet). 2002-04 Minister and
Chairperson of the Council for Hakka Affairs, Vice-Premier in 2004
and President of the National Assembly from 2005.
(b. 1949-).
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2004- Minister of Economy Yolanda Mayora de Gavidia, El Salvador |
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An economist who worked with various national development
organisations. |
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2004-08 Minister of Economic Planning Sheikha Lubna al-Qassemi, United
Arab Republic |
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Member
of the royal family of Sarajah and an executive within the
it-business. Minister of Foreign Trade from 2008. |
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2004- Minister of Taxes and Duties Anna Deiko, Belarus |
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Around 2002-04 Deputy Minister of Taxes |
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2004-05 Minister and Technical Executive Secretary of Planning Julia
Maciel Gonzalez, Paraguay |
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In spanish her title was
Ministra Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Secretaría Técnica de
Planificación. |
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2004-06 Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Gordana
Đurović, Montenegro |
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Professor of Economy. Also Minister of and European
Integration since 2004 and from 2006 Deputy Prime Minister. |
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2005-06 Minister of Finance Svetlana Cenić, Srpska (De-facto
Independent Repubic within Bosnia-Herzegovina) |
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Former Presidential Advisor.
(b. 1960-). |
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2005 Secretary of State of Economy and Finance Margaret Keita, The
Gambia |
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Accountant General from 1996.
(b. 1960-). |
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2005-06 Minister of Finance and Planning Maria do Carmo Silveira, São
Tomé e Princípe |
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Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira was
Prime Minister and Finance Minister 2005-06. Governor of the National
Bank 2002-05 and member of the Political Bureau of the Movement for
the Liberation of Sao Tomé-Social Democratic Party, MLSTP-PSD. (b.
1961-). |
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2005-06 Minister of Planning and Administrative Development Massouma
al-Mubarak, Kuwait |
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Professor of international relations at Kuwait University and
women’s rights activist and columnist. As Minister of Planing she
was in charge of the social and economic development and foreign
economic cooperation.
Minister of Communiation 2006-07 and Minister of Health in 2007. |
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2005 Minister of Sustainable Development and Planning Irma Peredo
Obleas, Bolivia |
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Responsible for the portfolio, which covers economic, social,
environmental and political development for about one month. |
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2005- Minister of Sustainable Development and Economic Planning
Martha Bozo Espinoza, Bolivia |
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Director of Agrarian Reform within the Ministry since 2001. |
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2005-07 Minister of Finance and Economy Magdalena Barreiro Riofrío,
Ecuador |
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Before she was appointed Under-Secretary of Finance and Economy for
Finance in June 2005, she was a Economic Scholar and worked for the
Ecuador National Bank |
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2005-06 Minister of Development Planning and National Reconstruction
Marie Goretti Nduwimana, Burundi |
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Also known as Marie Goreth Nizigama, she was Minister of Welfare and
Women’s Promotion in 2001-03 and 2004-05.
Minister for Transport, Posts and
Telecommunications from 2006. |
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2005-09 Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen, Norway |
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Leader of Socialistisk Vensterparti from 1997 and Parliamentary
Leader (Socialist Left) 1997-2001, Minister of Finance 2005-09 and
of Education from 2009. She is also 1. Deputy to the
Prime Minister.
(b. 1960-). |
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2005-07 Minister of the Budget Freya Van den Bossche, Belgium |
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Attaché for Extern Communication and Drug Affairs by the Mayor of Gent
1999-2003. Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2003. 2003-04
Minister for Environment, Consumer Protection and Sustainable
Development, 2004-05 Minister of Labour and from 2005 also Vice
Prime Minister.
(b. 1975-). |
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2005-08 Minister of Customs Nanaia Mahuta, New
Zealand |
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Also Minister of Youth Affairs, and Associate Minister for the
Environment and Local Government. |
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2005- Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Suhair Al
Ali, Jordan |
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Former Bank Manager she is in charge of socio-economic development
and economic cooperation with foreign countries. |
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2005-07 Minister of Economy and Production Felisa Miceli, Argentina |
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President of the National Bank 2003-05. |
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2005- Minister and Executive Secretary of Panning and Economic and
Social Development Rosa Miguelina Gómez de Martínez,
Paraguay |
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In Spanish her title was
Ministra Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Secretaría Técnica de
Planificación. |
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2005- Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesia
2008- Chief
Economics Minister |
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An economist she worked both in Indonesia and abroad. She was State
Minister and Chairperson of the National Development Planning Agency
2004-05. As CEM she coordinates
the work of all the Ministries within the Economic sfere.
Mother of 3 childrenand (b. 1962-). |
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2005-06 Minister of Finance Teresa Lubińska, Poland |
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In office for 2 months. Until 2005 she was member of the
Macroeconomic Board of the Finance Ministry., she was Professor at
Szczenin University. (b.
1952-). |
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2006 Minister of Finance Zyta Gilowska, Poland
2006-07 Vice-Premier responsible for Economic Affairs and Minister
of Finance
2007 Acting Minister of Finance
2007- Minister of Finance |
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Also Vice-President of the Council of Ministers, She was Deputy
Leader of the Citizen's Platform 2003-05, Member of the Sejm
2001-05.
First fired because of charges of lying about her activities during
the Communist regime, but when she was cleared, she was reinstated
in her office.
Appointed State Secretary and Acting Minister of Fnance after the
parliament was dissolved in September 2007, but reappointed to the
cabinet after a few days. Professor of economy.
(b. 1949-). |
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2006-08 Minister of Finance Zakia Hamdan Meghji, Tanzania |
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1995-97 Minister for Health and 1997-2006 Minister of National
Resources and Tourism. |
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2006- Minister of Finance Natalia Korzhova, Kazakstan |
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1996-99 Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, 1999-2002 Deputy
Minister of Finance, 2002-2003 1. Deputy Minister of Finance and
2003-06 Deputy Minister of Economics and Budget Planning. |
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2006-07 Minister of National Revenue and Minister of Western
Economic Diversification Carol Skelton, Canada |
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Deputy Parliamentary Leader of the Canadian Alliance (Deputy Leader
of the Official Opposition) 2002-04 and Deputy House Leader of the
Conservatives ( the Official Opposition).
(b. 1945-) |
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2006-08 Minister of Economic Affairs and Development Mia Mottley,
Barbados |
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1994-2001 Minister of Education, Culture and Youth and 2001-06
Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs, 2001-08 Leader of
the House and 2003-08 Deputy Prime Minister.
Leader of the Barbados Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from
2008. (b. 1965-). |
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2006-08 Minister of Finance Antoinette Sayeh, Liberia |
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A
former World Bank executive and Director
of the African Department of the International Monetary Fund from
2008
(b. 1959-). |
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2006- Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction Ingrid
Antonijevic Hanh, Chile |
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Before her appointment as Director in the National Bank 2003, she
worked in various financial institutions in Chile and USA. She will
take office on 11.
March.
(b. 1953-). |
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2006 Minister of Planning and Cooperation Clarisa Hardy Roskovan,
Chile |
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Former Director of the socialist think thank
Fundación Chile 21 she was offered
the same Portfolio in 2000 by President Lagos, but turned it down
because of lack of political experience. She was fired after 4
months in office in 2006 by President Michelle Bachelet.
(b. 1946-) |
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2006- Minister of Economic Development Celinda Sosa Lunda, Bolivia |
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Also in charge of Production and Microentreprises. |
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2006- Minister of Economic Relations Jasna Brkić, Sprpska (De-facto
Independent Repubic within Bosnia-Herzegovina) |
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(b. 1959-). |
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2006-07 Minister of Economy Cristina Maria
Fernandes Dias,
São Tomé e Príncipe |
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Head of a number of NGOs prior to her appointment and
2009-10 Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and
Environment until she resigned from the government. (b. 1965-). |
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2006-07 Minister of Finance Nenadi Usman, Nigeria |
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Minister of State of Finance 2003-06. Two months after her
appointment she succeeded
the Foreign Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as
Head of the Economic Reform Team. |
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2006-09 Minister of Finance Rebeca Patricia Santos Rivera, Honduras |
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Worked
at the World Bank before her appointment as Vice-Minister of Finance
earlier in 2006. |
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2006- Federal Councillor of Economic Affairs Doris Leuthard,
Switzerland |
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Member of the Assembly in Aargau 1997-2000, Vice-President of
Christian Democratic Party, CVP 2001-04, President of CVP Schweiz
2004-06 and Vice-President of the COnfederation in 2009.
(b. 1963-). |
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2006-
Minister of Economy Vera Rafajlovska, Macedonia |
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Professor of
Economy and worked in the city administration of Skopje. (b. 1947-). |
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2006- Minister of
Finances and Public Administration Cristina Duarte, Capo Verde |
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Economist and
international banker. (b. 1962-). |
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2006-07 Minister of
Finances Denise Sinankwa, Burundi |
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Minister of
Commerce and Industry 2005-06. |
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2006-08
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Hiroko Ota, Japan |
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Director-General for Policy Planning in the Cabinet
Office 2002-04 and Professor of Economy. (b. 1954-). |
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2006-07 Minister of
Finances
of Cooperation and Development Clotilde Nizigama,
Burundi |
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Former Director
General of Onapha. |
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2006
Acting Minister of Finance Vesna Arsić, Serbia |
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Deputy Finance
Minister 2004-06 and State Secretary from 2006, and in this capacity
she ran the Ministry for a few days after the resignation of her
predecessor. Vice-Governor of Yugoslavia 2000-04. |
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2006-07 Minister of Finance
Armelle Merceron,
Polynésie Française (French External Territory) |
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Professor in Economics.
Member of the Assembly since 2001,
2001-04
Minister of Public Works and Administrative Decentralization, 2001
Minister of Labour, Social Dialouge, 2001-04
Minister of Health
and
2004-05 Minister of Education, Higher Education and Research. (b.
1950-) |
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2007-
Minister of Economic Affairs Maria van der Hoeven, The Netherlands |
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Former
Vice-Chairperson of the CDA Faction and Vice-Chairperson of the
Tweede Kamer, Minister of Education, Culture and Science 2002-07,
and Candidate for the Post of Chairperson of the Second Chamber in
2006. (b. 1952-). |
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2007-08
Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde, France
2007- Minister of Economy |
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Minister-Delegate of External Commerce
in the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry
2005-07 and Minister of Agriculture and
Fisheries in 2007. From 2007 also Minister of Employment and from
2008 Industry. (b. 1955-). |
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2007-
Paymaster General Tessa
Jowell, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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Labour Whip
1994-95, Minister of State of Health 1997-99, Minister of State of
Women’s Affairs 1998-2001, Minister of State of Education and
Employment 1999-2001
Secretary of State of Culture, Media and Sport 2001-07,
Minister for the Olympics since 2005, Minister for Women 2005-06
and from 2007 also Minister for London and the South East (Attending
the Cabinet). Her full
name is Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell née Palmer. Her first
husband was Roger Jowell and she has been married to David Mills
since 1979. (b. 1947-). |
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2007-09
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Angela Eagle, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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Labour Whip
1996-97. 1997-98 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Environment,
Transport and The Regions, 1998-2001 Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State of Social Security, 2001-02 Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State of the Home Office and Minister of State or Work and
Pensions from 2009. She is an open lesbian, and her
twin-sister, Maria Eagle, is also an MP and a junior-Minister since
2001. (b. 1961-). |
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2007-08 Financial Secretary to the Treasury Jane
Kennedy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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Formerly Labour
Opposition Whip in the House of Commons. 1997-98 Assistant
Government Whip, 1998-99 Lord Commissioner of the Treasury,
1999-2001 Parliamentary Secretary in the Lord Chancellor's
Department , 2001-04 Minister of State in the
Northern Ireland Office, 2004-05 Minister of State
for Works and Pensions and 2005-06 Minister of State of Health. As
Financial Secretary she is responsible for the Office for National
Statistics, and the Royal Mint. Minister of State of
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2008.
(b. 1958-). |
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2007-08 and 2009 Economic Secretary to the Treasury Kitty Ussher,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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Labour MP from
2005 and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State at
the Department of Trade and Industry 2006-07. As Economic Secretary
she is responsible for matters involving banking and finance,
including banks, insurance, personal savings, financial regulation,
and foreign exchange reserves and a number of other items.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of Works and Pensions 2008-09.
Resigned after only a few weeks in office in 2009 because of
financial irregularities. (b. 1971-). |
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2007-08
Minister of Finance Aleqa Hammond, Greenland (Denmark)
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Also
Minister of External Relations on 1 July. She was Minister of Family
Affairs and Justice 2005-07 and is MP Member of Parliament for the
social democratic Siumut. Resigned in protest against the economic
policies of the government. Chairperson of Siumut from 2009. (b.
1965-). |
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2007- Minister of Finance Dr. Emilía Maria Valéria Pires,
Timor Leste |
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1998-2000 Member of the Executive Committee of the National Council
of Timorese Resistance and Director of the Department of Regional
Services, 2001-03 Secretary of the Commission on Planning and later
Member of the parliament. |
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2007-
Minister of Economic Development
Elvira
Nabiullina, Russia |
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Also Minister of
Trade. 2000-03 and possibly
2006-07 First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade
President of the
Center of Strategic Research from 2003. |
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2007- Minister of Economy Bâ Fatoumata Néné Sy (Mali)
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Also Minister of
Industry and Commerce. |
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2007
Minister of Finance Oksana Ionova, The Self-Proclaimed Republic of
Transniestria (Dniester Republic) in Moldova |
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Tax Service
Director in the privious government. |
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2006-07 Minister of
Finance
Irina Molokanova,
The Self-Proclaimed Republic
of Transniestria (Dniester Republic) in Moldova |
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2007-
Commissioner of Finance Claudette J. Watson-Anderson, US Virgin
Islands (External Territory of USA) |
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Former financial
auditor of the Legislature. |
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2007-
Director of Internal Revenue Gizette Canegata-Thomas, US Virgin
Islands (External Territory of USA) |
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Deputy Director
of the Department until her appointment. |
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2007-
Director of Management and Budget Debra Gottlieb,
US Virgin Islands (External Territory of USA) |
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Former Director
General of Onapha. |
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2007- Minister of Finance
Karen Nunez-Tesheira, Trinidad and Tobago |
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MP for the governing
People’s National Movement (PNM). |
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2007-08 Minister of Economy
Valdimira Da Silva Tavares,
São Tomé e Príncipe |
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Member of MDFM.
Minister of Agriculture and Regional
Development 2008. |
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2007-08 Minister of Economy
Sabine Laruelle, Belgium |
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Liberal Senator in 2003,
Minister for the Self-employed
and Agriculture from 2003, Minister of Cooperation and Development in
2007 and
Minister of
Science and Small Businesses and Enterprise since 2008. (b. 1965-).
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2007-09 Minister of Finance Tazhikan
Borbugulovna
Kalimbetova, Kyrgyzstan |
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Appointed by the authoritarian president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, after
parliamentary elections where the opposition did not get any seats in
spite of officially winning more than 8% of the vote. Former Civil
Servant in the Economy Ministry and Deputy Minister of Finance. Deputy
Prime Minister from 2009. (b.
1959-). |
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2007- Minister of
Audit and Control Gladys María Bejerano Portela, Cuba |
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Worked for 30 with the party
and council of ministers. Former MP and
2006-07 1. Vice-Minister of
Audit and Control
. (b. 1947-). |
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2008-09 Minister of Economic Development
Ekaterine
Sharashidze, Georgia |
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Head of the Presidential Administration 2005-08.
(b. 1974-). |
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2008-09 Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Yvette Cooper,
United Kingdom of Great Britain |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of
State of Health 1999-2002, Parliamentary Secretary in the Lord Chancellor's Office
2002-03, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of the
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
2003-05,
Minister of State of Housing 2005-06, Minister of State of Communities and Local Government 2006-07
and Minister for Housing (Attending
the Cabinet) 2007-08. As Chief Secretary she is member of the Cabinet and her
responsibilities include negotiating with departments about budget
allocations, public sector pay, welfare reform, and procurement policy
and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
from 2009. She is married to Ed Balls, Secretary of State of Children,
Schools and Families and mother of 3 children. (b. 1969-). |
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2008-09 Minister of Finance
Mariana Durlesteanu,
Moldova |
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2000-05
Vice-Minister of Finance and Ambassador to United Kingdom and Ireland 2005-08.
(b. 1972-). |
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2008- Chief of
the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics Shih
Su-mei, Taiwan |
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Director of the Budget
Ofice of the City of Taipei until her
appointment to the Cabinet. |
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2008- Minister of Finance Ângela Viegas Santiago,
São Tomé e Príncipe |
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Former advisor to the ministry. |
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2008- Minister of Economy and
Competitiveness Fátima Maria Carvalho Fialho, Capo Verde |
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Economist, former banker
and former civil servant in Cape Verde. (b. 1951-). |
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2008- Minister of Finance Diana Dragutinović,
Serbia
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Vice-Governor of the Central Bank 2004-08. (b. 1958-) |
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2008-
Minister for the National Investment Plan
Verica Kalanović,
Serbia |
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2007-08
State Secretary of Economy and Regional Development
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2008 Minister of Finance Wilma Josefina Salgado Tamayo, Ecuador |
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Economist who worked in the Ministry of Finance, for the World Bank, the
Central Bank and latest as an MP. She was in office for a few months. (b. 1952-). |
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2008- Minister of Finance
María Elsa Viteri
Acaiturri, Ecuador |
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Subsecretary of Finance
2007-08. |
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2008-10
Minister of Economic Affairs Lene Espersen,
Denmark
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MF
since 1994, Political Spokesperson of The Conservative People's
1999-2001, Minister of Justice 2001-08 and Political Leader from
2008 and also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Business
Affairs. Foreign Minister from 2010. (b. 1965-)
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2009- Minister of Economy Helena Nosolini Embalo, Guinea-Bissau |
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Also Minister of
Planning and Regional Integration. |
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2009- Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisors Christina Romer,
United States of America
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Professor of Economics at Berkley, Director of the
Program in Monetary Economics at the National Bureau of Economic
Research, and is a member of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee.
Mother of 3 children. (b. 1958-). |
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2009- Minister of Finance
Clotilde Niragira, Burundi |
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2005-07 Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals
and
2007-09 Minister of Civil Service, Labour and Social Security |
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2009- Minister of Finance
Syda Namirembe Bbumba, Uganda |
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1998-99 Minister Attached to the Office of the President responsible for
Economic Monitoring, 1999-2006 Minister of Energy and Minerals and
2006-09 Minister
of Gender, Labour and Social Affairs. |
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2009- Government Councillor of Finance and
Economy Sophie Thevenoux, Monaco |
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Former Director General of the Department and
Monaco's first female Minister ever. |
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2009-
Minister of Finance and Economy Elena Salgado Méndez,
Spain |
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Also 2. Vice-President of the Government from 2009.Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment 1991-96,
2004-07 Minister of Health and President of the
WHO Assembly in 2005 and
2007-09 Minister of Public Administration and Civil Service. (b. 1949-). |
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2009- Exchequer
Secretary (Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury)
Sarah
McCarthy-Fry, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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Labour MP from 2005, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury
2006-07,
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Whip
(Junior Minister)
2007-08,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools, Skills and Families
2008-09 and
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Communities and Local Government
in 2009. (b. 1955-). |
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2009-
Minister of Finance Ingrida Simonytė, Lithuania |
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Worked in the Ministry of Finance from 1997 as Deputy Minister
2002-09. (b. 1974-). |
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2009- Minister of Finance Jenny Phillips,
Costa Rica |
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Vice-Minister of Finance 2006-09. |
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2009- Minister of Economy Louka Katseli, Greece |
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Also Minister of
Competitiveness and Shipping. |
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2009-
Minister of Economic Affairs Michelle Winklaar, Aruba (Dutch
External Territory) |
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Also Minister of
Social
Affairs and Culture |
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2009-
Minister of Finance Raya Haffar al-Hassan, Lebanon |
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Member of the 14 March Party and Sunni Muslim. |
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2009- Minister of Finance
Mercedes Aráoz
Fernández, Perú |
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2006-09 Minister of External Trade and Tourism
and 2009 Minister of Production. |
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2010- Minister of Economy
Lamia Assi , Syria
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Former Ambassador to Malaysia. |
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