- Manmohan Singh
Dr. Manmohan Singh is the 17<sup>th</sup> and current Prime Minister of India. Dr. Singh is a member of the Indian National Congress party and became the first Sikh to become Prime Minister of India on May 22, 2004. He is arguably the most educated Indian Prime Minister in history. He is considered one of the most qualified and influential figures in India's recent history, …
- Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert ; born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel. Olmert became Prime Minister on April 14, 2006 but had been exercising the powers of the office since they were transferred to him on January 4, 2006 after Ariel Sharon suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke. Olmert's title for that period was Acting Prime Minister. Olmert has previously been the Vice Prime Minister of Israel, Finance minister, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, …
- Jaswant Singh
Jaswant Singh (born January 3 1938) is an Indian politician. He is from the Indian State of Rajasthan and was an officer in the Indian Army in the 1960s and is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy (India), Khadakwasla. He served as Finance minister in the short-lived government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, which lasted just from May 16 1996, to June 1 1996. After Vajpayee became Prime Minister again two years later, he became Minister for External Affairs of India, …
- Shaukat Aziz
Shaukat Aziz , born March 6, 1949 in Karachi, Pakistan is the current Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan.... ... Shaukat Aziz , born March 6, 1949 in Karachi, Pakistan is the current Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan....
- Shimon Peres
"' (born Szymon Perski"' on August 2, 1923 in eastern Poland) is the 9th President of the State of Israel. He is a senior Israeli statesman with a political career spanning more than 65 years. He joined the Knesset in November 1959 and, except for a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006, served continuously until June 13, 2007, the day he was elected President of Israel.
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a French economist, lawyer, and politician, member of the social-democrat Socialist Party (PS). A former Finance Minister under Lionel Jospin's Plural left ("gauche plurielle") government, he belongs to the center-left wing of the PS and is deputy of the 8th circonscription of the Val d'Oise. DSK is Professor at the Paris Institute for Political Studies ("Sciences Po") and the HEC School of Management.
- Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha (born November 6, 1937) is an Indian politician belonging to the BJP and a former finance minister and foreign minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet.
- Thierry Breton
Thierry Breton was the French Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industry until May 18 2007, replaced by Jean-Louis Borloo. He was appointed on February 25, 2005, replacing Hervé Gaymard. He was born in the XIVe arrondissement of Paris. He studied at Supélec and later at the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale. He was the chief executive of France Télécom. He is a knight of the Légion d'honneur and an officer of the Ordre National du Mérite.
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born June 13, 1954) is a fellow at the Brookings Institution. She is the former Finance Minister of Nigeria and Foreign Minister of Nigeria, notable for being the first woman to hold both of these positions. She served as finance minister from July 2003 until her appointment as foreign minister in June 2006.
- Silvan Shalom
"'"' (born 4 October 1958) is an Israeli politician and former Foreign Minister (2003-2006) and Finance Minister (2001-2003). He remains a Likud Party member of the Knesset, in which he has served since 1992. Born in Gabès, Tunisia to the Beit Shalom dynasty, Shalom emigrated to Israel in 1959. Like most Israelis, Shalom was inducted into the Israel Defense Forces at the age of 18 and achieved the rank of Sergeant. Shalom attended Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er Sheva, …
- Guido Mantega
Guido Mantega is a Brazilian economist, politician and current Brazil's Finance Minister. He graduated in Economics from the Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade of the University of São Paulo and is a professor of Economics at several leading universities of São Paulo. He has long been associated with the left wing Workers' Party and was a key member in the successful presidential campaign of the party's founder and leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
- James Wolfensohn
President of the World Bank for the past decade, has confirmed he will retire from his post later this year. He told the ABC television network in the US that the time had come for him to pass on the baton after 10 years at the helm of the global institution. "I had 10 years and I think that's probably enough," the 71-year-old Mr Wolfensohn said. He is due to wrap up his second five-year term as the Washington-headquartered bank's president in June.
- Antonio Palocci
Antonio Palocci Filho is a Brazilian physician and politician. He was the Finance minister of the Brazilian federal government from January 1, 2003 until March 27, 2006 (when he resigned in the wake of reports of conduct unbecoming of his office), during the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, pron., (born June 18, 1931) - also known by his initials FHC - was the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil for two terms from January 1, 1995 to January 1, 2003. He is also an accomplished sociologist.
- Gerrit Zalm
Gerrit Zalm (born May 6, 1952) is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Netherlands. He was the longest serving Minister of Finance in the history of the Netherlands and has been responsible for numerous reforms of the Dutch economy.
- Ezra Suruma
Ezra Suruma is the Finance Minister of Uganda.
- Jayant Patil
Jayant Patil is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is the current Finance Minister of Maharashtra. He has a degree in civil engineering from VJTI, Mumbai. He is the son of Late Rajarambapu Patil, a respected politician from Maharashtra. He is one of those few politicians who understand the importance of development for a country like India. He has a very progressive outlook, and has been instrumental in the all round growth of his constituency (Walva, …
- Yossi Beilin
Dr. Yossef ("Yossi") Beilin is a leftist Israeli politician, Knesset member, and a former deputy foreign minister and justice minister within the Israeli Labour Party. He is currently chairman of Meretz-Yachad. He is best known for his involvement with the Oslo accords, the Geneva Initiative and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in general.
- Michael Collins
Michael John ("Mick") Collins (16 October, 1890 - 22 August, 1922) was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance in the Irish Republic, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations, both as Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-Chief of the National Army. He was shot and killed in August 1922, during the Irish Civil War.
- Anders Borg
Anders Erik Borg (born 11 January 1968) is a Swedish economist and politician, currently serving as Minister for Finance in the Swedish government. He is a member of the Moderate Party.
- Glen Clark
Glen David Clark (born in Nanaimo on November 22, 1957) is a former politician in British Columbia, Canada who served as the 31st Premier of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999. Clark was first elected to the BC Legislature in the 1986 provincial election. Clark served as finance minister under New Democratic Party of British Columbia (NDP) Premier Mike Harcourt. He earned a reputation for his often dynamic, socialist-style rhetoric.
- Jacques Necker
Jacques Necker (September 30, 1732 - April 9, 1804) was a French statesman of Swiss origin and finance minister of Louis XVI.
- Monique Jérôme-Forget
Monique Jérôme-Forget is a Quebec politician and psychologist. She is the current Quebec Member of National Assembly (MNA) of the riding of Marguerite-Bourgeois in the Montreal region as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. She is also the current Finance Minister, the President of the Treasury Board, Minister of government services and the Minister responsible of the government administration.
- Mykola Azarov
Mykola Azarov (b. December 17, 1947, Kaluga, Russia) is the current First Vice Prime Minister, Finance Minister of Ukraine. In the past he served in this position in 2002 – 2005 as well he was acting prime minister of that country for two short periods in late 2004 and early 2005. Azarov graduated from the Moscow State University. He earned his doctorate in geology and mineralogy. Dr. Azarov moved to Ukraine for permanent residence in 1984.
- Jacques Santer
Jacques Santer (born May 18, 1937) is a politician from Luxembourg. He was finance minister of Luxembourg from 1979 until 1989, and Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 1984 to 1995, as a member of the Christian Social People's Party, which has been the leading party in the Luxembourg government since 1979. As Prime Minister of Luxembourg he also led the negotiations on the Single European Act, which effectively set aside the 20-year old Luxembourg Compromise.
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Ghulam Ishaq Khan (abbreviated as GIK) (Urdu/Pashto: was President of Pakistan from August 17, 1988 until July 18, 1993.
- Lee Hun Jai
Lee Hun Jai (born April 17 1944 in Shanghai, China) is a politician from South Korea who has served as the acting Prime Minister of that country twice, from May 19 2000, to May 22 2000, and from May 25 2004, to June 30 2004. Both times others were nominated to officially take that position and were confirmed by Parliament, while Lee was meant only as a temporary placeholder. Lee does not belong to any political party.
- Michel Audet
Michel Audet is an economist and a politician in Quebec, Canada. He is currently the Finance Minister of Quebec in the Charest government. Audet was first elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2003 Quebec general election. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, he was elected in the riding of Laporte. He has a Master's Degree of Economics from Université Laval and is also a graduate of the École nationale d'administration in Paris.
- Lawrence Gonzi
Lawrence Gonzi (born July 1, 1953) is the Prime Minister and finance minister of Malta. He is also the leader of the governing Partit Nazzjonalista. He became prime minister on March 23, 2004, following the retirement of Eddie Fenech Adami.
- David McGuinty
David Joseph McGuinty (born February 25, 1960 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian politician and the brother of Premier of Ontario Dalton McGuinty. He is also the son of former Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Dalton McGuinty Sr.. He is a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Ottawa South. He was first elected in the 2004 federal election and was re-elected in the 2006 federal election.
- Frits Bolkestein
Frits Bolkestein (The Netherlands) is Professor of Intellectual Foundations of Political Developments at the Universities of Leiden and Delft (NL). He is former Member of the European Commission for the Internal Market (1999-2004), former Dutch Minister of Defence, former Minister of Foreign Trade and former Director of Shell Chimie, Paris.
- Janice MacKinnon
Janice MacKinnon, FRSC (born January 30 1947) is a Canadian historian and former Minister of Finance for the Province of Saskatchewan under NDP Premier Roy Romanow. She was the first female Minister of Finance in Canada. She is currently a professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan. Born Janice Potter in Kitchener, Ontario, she received an honours B.A. from the University of Western Ontario in 1969 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Queen's University.
- Thor Pedersen
Thor Pedersen (born June 14 1945) is a Danish politician representing the Liberal party, Venstre. He has been Finance Minister since November 27 2001 as part of the Cabinets of Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He has been a Member of Parliament ("Folketinget") since 1985. He was Minister of Housing from March 12 1986 to September 9 1987, Minister of the Interior from September 10 1987 to January 25 1993, …
- Kaspar Villiger
Kaspar Villiger (pronounced Caspar Veeleeger) (born February 5, 1941) is a Swiss industrialist, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1989-2003). He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on February 1, 1989. He is affiliated to the Free Democratic Party.
- Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Adil (Adel) Abdul-Mahdi (al Muntafiki) is an Iraqi Shi'a politician, economist, and is one of the two current Vice Presidents of Iraq. He was formerly the Finance Minister in the Interim government. Abdel-Mahdi is a member of the powerful Shi'a party the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, or SIIC. Long based in neighboring Iran, the group opposed a United States administration but holds close ties with the other U.S.-backed groups that opposed Saddam Hussein, …
- Fathallah Oualalou
Fathallah Oualalou (born in Rabat in 1942) is the Finance and Economy minister of Morocco since 1998. He is a member of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party (USFP) and its president at the Assembly of Representatives of Morocco where the USFP counts 50 seats out of 325.
- Desmond Hoyte
Hugh Desmond Hoyte (March 9, 1929 - December 22, 2002) was a Guyanese politician. He served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1984 to 1985 and President of Guyana from 1985 until 1992. He was born in Guyana's capital, Georgetown. He entered Parliament as a member of the People's National Congress in 1968 and soon began serving in the cabinet. He was home affairs minister from 1969 to 1970, finance minister from 1970 to 1972, …
- K. M. Mani
Karinkozhakkal Mani Mani (or simply K M Mani) is the leader of Kerala Congress (M), one of the factions of the Kerala Congress. Mani holds the records of having presented the maximum number of budgets (8) in the Kerala Legislative Assembly as Finance Minister, being a minister for the longest duration in the state of Kerala, having continuously represented a legislative constituency since its inception, …
- Prannoy Roy
Dr. Prannoy L Roy (born on October 15, 1949) is an Indian media figure. He is founder and the president of New Delhi Television (NDTV). He is termed as the father of Indian television journalism. Roy attended The Doon School, Dehradun and went to Haileybury (UK) for his A-levels. He graduated in Economics from the University of London's Queen Mary College in 1973. Then he got his Ph.D from the Delhi School of Economics where he also taught for a year.
- Sauli Niinistö
Sauli Väinämö Niinistö is the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland, a lawyer, former Finnish finance minister and was the National Coalition Party candidate in the 2006 presidential election. Niinistö ran his own law firm in Salo, before entering national politics. Niinistö served on the municipal council of Salo in 1977-1992 and was elected Member of the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta) from the district of Finland Proper in 1987.