The Ministry of Finance is a government ministry of the Republic of Liberia. As of 2024[update], the Liberian Finance Minister is Boima Kamara, who was appointed in January 2024.[1] The minister is appointed by the President of Liberia, with the consent of Senate of Liberia.
The ministry's offices are located in Broad & Mechlin Street in Monrovia.[2]
The ministry was led by a secretary of the treasury before 1972, and since 1972 minister of finance.
Secretaries of the Treasury
edit- John N. Lewis, 1848-?[3]
- Stephen Allen Benson, ?-1856[3]
- John C. Chavers, ?-1866-?[3]
- Edward J. Roye, ?-?[4]
- W. H. Lynch, ?-?[citation needed]
- Daniel Beams, ?-1868-1869-?[5]
- B. J. K. Anderson, 1870[5]
- Edward F. Roye, 1871-?[6]
- Frederick Keith Hyde, ?-?[3]
- Henry W. Dennis, 1874-1876[3]
- James T. Wiles, 1876[3]
- John R. Freeman, 1876[3]
- B. J. K. Anderson, 1876-1878[5]
- William H. Roe, 1878-1883[7]
- Moore T. Worrell, 1883-?[7]
- Arthur Barclay, 1896–1900[8]
- Arthur Barclay, 1900–1903
- Daniel Edward Howard, 1904-1912[3]
- Thomas W. Haynes, ?-1912[9][3]
- John L. Morris, 1912-?[9]
- Walter F. Walker, 1917-1920[10]
- J. Jeremiah Harris, 1920-1926-?[3]
- Samuel George Harmon, 1928-?[3][11]
- James F. Cooper, ?-1930[3][12]
- John L. Morris, 1930-?[3][12]
- Gabriel Lafayette Dennis, 1932-1940[13]
- William E. Dennis, 1944-1958[3]
- Charles Dunbar Sherman, 1958-1968[14]
- James Milton Weeks, 1968-1971[3]
- James Milton Weeks, 1971-1972[15]
Ministers of Finance
edit- Stephen A. Tolbert, 1972-1975[3][15]
- Edwin Williams, 1975-1976[3][15]
- James T. Phillips, 1976-1979[3][15]
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 1979-1980[3][15]
- Perry G. Zulu, 1980-1981[3][15]
- George K. Dunye, 1981[3][15]
- G. Alvin Jones, 1981-1986[3][15]
- Robert C. Tubman, 1986-1987[citation needed]
- John G. Bestman, 1987-1988[citation needed]
- David Farhat, 1988-1989[citation needed]
- Emmanuel Shaw, 1989-1990[16]
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 1990[17]
- Stephen Byron Tarr, 1990-1992[15]
- Francis C. Karpeh, 1992-1994[18]
- Wilson Tarpeh, 1994-1995[19]
- Lansana Kromah, 1995-1997[20]
- Elias Saleeby, 1997-1999[15]
- John G. Bestman, 1999[15]
- Milton Nathaniel Barnes, 1999-2002[21]
- Charles Bright, 2002-2003[22]
- Lusine Kamara, 2003-2006[citation needed]
- Antoinette Sayeh, 2006-2008[23]
- Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, 2008[24]-2012[25]
- Amara Konneh, 2012-2016[26]
- Boima Kamara, 2016-2018[27]
- Samuel D. Tweah, 2018-2024[28]
- Boima Kamara, 2024[1]
- Anthony Myers, acting, 2024[29]–present
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "President Boakai Makes Initial Appointments In Government | The Executive Mansion". www.emansion.gov.lr. The Executive Mansion.
- ^ "Ministry of Finance and Development Planning". mfdp.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Dunn, Elwood D.; Beyan, Amos J.; Burrowes, Carl Patrick (20 December 2000). Historical Dictionary of Liberia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9781461659310.
- ^ "Edward J. Roye » LiberiaInfo". LiberiaInfo. 6 March 2012.
- ^ a b c Fairhead, James; Geysbeek, Tim; Holsoe, Svend E.; Leach, Melissa (13 November 2003). African-American Exploration in West Africa: Four Nineteenth-Century Diaries. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253110041.
- ^ "The African Repository and Colonial Journal". American Colonization Society. 1871.
- ^ a b "Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 4, 1883 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
- ^ "Arthur Barclay – HPSOL".
- ^ a b Dunn, D. Elwood (4 May 2011). The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia 1848–2010: State of the Nation Addresses to the National Legislature. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783598441691.
- ^ Johnson, Phillip James. "Seasons in hell: Charles S. Johnson and the 1930 Liberian Labor Crisis".
- ^ Dunn, D. Elwood (4 May 2011). The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia 1848–2010: State of the Nation Addresses to the National Legislature. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783598441691.
- ^ a b "Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1930, Volume III - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
- ^ Garvey, Marcus (5 December 1995). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. IX: Africa for the Africans June 1921-December 1922. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520916821.
- ^ "Remembering Charles Dunbar Sherman on His 100th Anniversary". October 16, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Dunn, Elwood D.; Beyan, Amos J.; Burrowes, Carl Patrick (December 20, 2000). Historical Dictionary of Liberia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9781461659310 – via Google Books.
- ^ Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Oct 1989. 2003. hdl:2027/uc1.c049297898 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1990Mar-Dec. 2003. hdl:2027/osu.32435083692814 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Mar.-Oct. 1992. 2003. hdl:2027/nyp.33433070825298 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1994May-Aug 1994. 2003. hdl:2027/osu.32435083447946 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1995Sep-Dec 1995. 2003. hdl:2027/osu.32435083448365 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "AllGov - Officials". www.allgov.com.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Antoinette Monsio Sayeh: Director, African Department". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
- ^ "Liberia: Ngafuan Takes Over Finance Ministry - Promises Collaborative Efforts". 26 August 2008.
- ^ "Liberia: Ngafuan, Konneh Take Charge". 13 February 2012.
- ^ "Ministry of Finance". www.mof.gov.lr. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "President Sirleaf Makes Additional Appointments in Government".
- ^ Stewart, John H. T. (July 25, 2018). "Profile of 2018 National Independence Day Orator, Samuel D. Tweah".
- ^ "President Boakai Appoints Anthony Myers as Acting Finance Minister". www.mfdp.gov.lr.
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