List of female finance ministers
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. The title may also refer to a junior minister in the finance department. The British Treasury, for example, has four junior ministers.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names across the world, such as "treasury", "finance", "financial affairs", "economy" and "economic affairs". The position of the finance minister might be named for this portfolio, but it may also have some other name, like "Treasurer" or, in the United Kingdom, "Chancellor of the Exchequer". The finance minister is usually in charge of monetary policy, economic policy, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. Many women have been appointed to the post since the mid 1920s. This is a list of women who entitled the position of finance minister; thus an economy minister who is in charge of financial policy will also be included. However economy ministers who head a separate ministry from the finance ministry will not appear in the list.
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.
| Name | Image | Country | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
| Varvara Yakovleva | ' | Europe | ' | ' | ' | |
| Rosalia Zemlyachka | ' | Europe | ' | ' | ' | |
| Indira Gandhi | Asia | |||||
| Marie-Christine Mboukou | Africa | |||||
| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Africa | |||||
| Gloria Amon-Nikoi | Africa | |||||
| Yun Gi-jong | Asia | |||||
| Dame Eugenia Charles | America | |||||
| Dame Margaret Guilfoyle | Oceania | |||||
| María Mercedes Cuéllar | America | ? | ||||
| Clara Boscagli | Europe | |||||
| Bintou Sango | Africa | |||||
| Benazir Bhutto | Asia | |||||
| Eglée Iturbe de Blanco | America | |||||
| Uta Nickel | ' | Europe | ' | ' | ' | |
| Klavdiya Melnik | Europe | |||||
| Licelott Catalina Marte Hoffiz de Barrios | America | |||||
| Ruth Richardson | Oceania | |||||
| Elvyra Kunevičienė | Europe | |||||
| Irma Raquel Zelaya | America | ? | ||||
| Marie-Michele Rey | America | |||||
| Anne Wibble | Europe | |||||
| Benazir Bhutto | Asia | |||||
| Ana Ordóñez de Molina | America | |||||
| Christina Vucheva | Europe | |||||
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | Asia | |||||
| Susagna Arasanz Serra | Europe | |||||
| Indra Sāmīte | Europe | |||||
| Ruby Dediya Thoma | Oceania | |||||
| Gabriela Núñez | America | |||||
| Edith Nawakwi | Africa | |||||
| Maritza Aguirre | America | |||||
| Brigita Schmögnerová | Europe | |||||
| Ana Lucía Armijos | America | |||||
| Luísa Diogo | Africa | |||||
| Pia Gjellerup | Europe | |||||
| Mireia Maestre Cortadella | Europe | |||||
| Dalia Grybauskaitė | Europe | |||||
| Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner | Europe | |||||
| Fernanda Borges | Asia | |||||
| Maria Tebús | Africa | |||||
| Enebay Atayeva | Asia | |||||
| Zinaida Greceanîi | Europe | |||||
| Manuela Ferreira Leite | Europe | |||||
| Madalena Boavida | Asia | |||||
| Ayaovi Demba Tignonkpa | Africa | |||||
| Ljerka Marić | Europe | |||||
| Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila | Africa | |||||
| Georgina Barreiro Fajardo | America | |||||
| Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Africa | |||||
| Juanita Amatong | Asia | |||||
| Antonieta Bonilla | America | |||||
| Bibitac Vekilova | Asia | |||||
| Margaret Keita | Africa | |||||
| Maria do Carmo Silveira | Africa | |||||
| Magdalena Barreiro | America | |||||
| Kristin Halvorsen | Europe | |||||
| Teresa Lubińska | Europe | |||||
| Felisa Miceli | America | |||||
| Sri Mulyani Indrawati | Asia | |||||
| Zakia Meghji | Africa | |||||
| Zyta Gilowska | Europe | |||||
| Natalya Korzhova | Asia | |||||
| Antoinette Sayeh | Africa | |||||
| Maria Tebús | Africa | |||||
| Nenadi Usman | Africa | |||||
| Rebeca Santos | America | |||||
| Cristina Duarte | Africa | |||||
| Denise Sinankwa | Africa | |||||
| Zyta Gilowska | Europe | |||||
| Vesna Arsić | Europe | |||||
| Christine Lagarde | Europe | |||||
| Emília Pires | Asia | |||||
| Zyta Gilowska | Europe | |||||
| Karen Nunez-Tesheira | America | |||||
| Tazimkhan Kalibetova | Asia | |||||
| Mariana Durleșteanu | Europe | |||||
| Ângela Viegas Santiago | Africa | |||||
| Diana Dragutinović | Europe | |||||
| Wilma Salgado | America | |||||
| María Elsa Viteri | America | |||||
| Syda Bbumba | Africa | |||||
| Lina Pedraza Rodríguez | America | |||||
| Sophie Thevenoux | Europe | |||||
| Elena Salgado | Europe | |||||
| Gabriela Núñez | America | |||||
| Ingrida Simonytė | Europe | |||||
| Jenny Phillips | America | |||||
| Raya Haffar al-Hassan | Asia | |||||
| Mercedes Aráoz | America | |||||
| Wonnie Boedhoe | America | |||||
| Penny Wong | Oceania | |||||
| Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | Europe | |||||
| Elfreda Tamba | Africa | |||||
| Martina Dalić | Europe | |||||
| Dinara Shaydieva | Asia | |||||
| Maria Fekter | Europe | |||||
| Maria Kiwanuka | Africa | |||||
| Adidjatou Mathys | Africa | |||||
| Adeline Wijnerman | America | |||||
| Jutta Urpilainen | Europe | |||||
| Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Africa | |||||
| Oddný G. Harðardóttir | Europe | |||||
| Marie-Carmelle Jean-Marie | America | |||||
| Katrín Júlíusdóttir | Europe | |||||
| Maria Luís Albuquerque | Europe | |||||
| Bouaré Fily Sissoko | Africa | |||||
| Siv Jensen | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Saada Salum | Africa | |||||
| Ioana Petrescu | Europe | |||||
| Marie-Carmelle Jean-Marie | America | |||||
| Magdalena Andersson | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Maris Lauri | Europe | |||||
| Natalie Jaresko | Europe | |||||
| Santina Cardoso | Asia | |||||
| 'Mamphono Khaketla | Africa | |||||
| Kemi Adeosun | Africa | |||||
| Anca Paliu Dragu | Europe | |||||
| Malado Kaba | Africa | Incumbent | ||||
| Rosine Sori-Coulibaly | Africa | |||||
| Dana Reizniece-Ozola | Europe | |||||
| Alenka Smerkolj | Europe | |||||
| Sri Mulyani Indrawati | Asia | Incumbent | ||||
| Lamia Zribi | Africa | |||||
| Mateja Vraničar Erman | Europe | |||||
| Christine Georges Diguibaye | Africa | |||||
| Helga Vukaj | Europe | |||||
| :es:Lea_Giménez|Lea Giménez | America | |||||
| Vonintsalama Andriambololona | Africa | |||||
| Claudia Cooper | America | |||||
| Alena Schillerová | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Teresa Czerwińska | Europe | |||||
| Margaret Mwanakatwe | Africa | Incumbent | ||||
| María Elsa Viteri | America | Incumbent | ||||
| Ana Brnabić | Europe | |||||
| Mia Mottley | America | Incumbent | ||||
| María Jesús Montero | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Oksana Markarova | Europe | |||||
| Sara Lobo Brites | Asia | Incumbent | ||||
| Zainab Ahmed | Africa | Incumbent | ||||
| Baktygul Jeenbayeva | Asia | Incumbent | ||||
| Anila Denaj | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Meisi Bolaños | America | Incumbent | ||||
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Asia | Incumbent | ||||
| Vera Daves | Africa | Incumbent | ||||
| Katri Kulmuni | Europe | |||||
| Mariam Al-Aqeel | Asia | Incumbent |
Unrecognized nations, constituent states, dependent territories, and autonomous regions
- Italics denotes an acting finance minister and defunct states/territories/regions
| Name | Image | Country/Territory | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
| Carmen Ana Culpeper | North America | |||||
| Jóngerð Purkhús | Europe | |||||
| Bette Stephenson | North America | |||||
| Shirley Kuo | Asia | |||||
| Amina Salum Ali | Africa | |||||
| Ella Tromp-Yargazaray | South America | |||||
| Onur Borman | Europe | |||||
| Monique Gagnon-Tremblay | North America | |||||
| Janice MacKinnon | North America | |||||
| Elizabeth Cull | North America | |||||
| Pauline Marois | North America | |||||
| Pat Mella | North America | |||||
| Xenia Vélez Silva | North America | |||||
| Margaret Dyer-Howe | North America | |||||
| Pat Nelson | North America | 16 March 2001 | 25 November 2004 | |||
| Janet Ecker | North America | |||||
| Ersilia de Lannooy | ' | South America | ' | ' | ' | |
| Ayşe Dönmezer | Europe | |||||
| Paula Cox | North America | |||||
| Shirley McClellan | North America | 25 November 2004 | 15 December 2006 | |||
| Carole Taylor | North America | |||||
| Irina Molokanova | Europe | |||||
| Armelle Merceron | Oceania | |||||
| Oksana Ionova | Europe | ? | ||||
| Monique Jérôme-Forget | North America | |||||
| Pat Atkinson | North America | |||||
| Aleqa Hammond | North America | |||||
| Iris Evans | North America | 12 March 2008 | 15 January 2010 | |||
| Rosann Wowchuk | North America | |||||
| Maliina Abelsen | North America | |||||
| Sonia Backès | Oceania | |||||
| Elena Girzhul | Europe | ? | ||||
| Maya Parnas | Europe | |||||
| Christina Liu | Asia | |||||
| Maureen MacDonald | North America | |||||
| Julianna O'Connor-Connolly | North America | |||||
| Jennifer Howard | North America | |||||
| Diana Whalen | North America | |||||
| Charlene Johnson | North America | |||||
| Melba Acosta Febo | North America | |||||
| Samsam Abdi Adan | Africa | |||||
| Kristina Háfoss | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Cathy Bennett | North America | |||||
| Cathy Rogers | North America | |||||
| Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson | North America | Incumbent | ||||
| Lourdes Alberto | South America | |||||
| Carole James | North America | Incumbent | ||||
| Karen Casey | North America | Incumbent | ||||
| Donna Harpauer | North America | Incumbent | ||||
| Xiomara Ruiz-Maduro | South America | Incumbent | ||||
| Susie Pinel | Europe | Incumbent | ||||
| Rebecca Evans Minister for Finance | Europe | 13 December 2018 | Incumbent | |||
| Darlene Compton | North America | Incumbent | ||||
| Diane Dodds Economy Minister of Northern Ireland | Europe | 11 January 2020 | Incumbent | |||
| Kate Forbes Cabinet Secretary for Finance | Europe | 17 February 2020 | Incumbent |