Ministry of Finance (Liberia)

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 by the minister of finance.

Secretaries of the Treasury

• John N. Lewis, 1848-? ^[3]
• John H. Chavers, ?-? ^[3]
• Stephen Allen Benson, ?-1856 ^[3]
• B. J. K. Anderson, 1863-? ^[3]
• William Highland Lynch, ?-1864 ^[3]
• Daniel Bashiel Warner, 1864-1866 ^[4]
• John C. Chavers, 1866-? ^[3]
• Edward J. Roye, ?-? ^[5]
• Frederick Keith Hyde, ?-1868 ^[3]
• Daniel Beams, 1868-1869 ^[6]
• B. V. R. James 1869 ^[4]
• B. J. K. Anderson, 1870 ^[6]
• John F. Dennis, 1870-1871 ^[3]
• Edward Farrow Roye, 1871-? ^{[3] [7]}
• Henry W. Dennis, 1874-1876 ^[3]
• James T. Wiles, 1876 ^[3]
• John R. Freeman, 1876 ^[3]
• B. J. K. Anderson, 1876-1878 ^[6]
• William H. Roe, 1878-1883 ^[8]
• Moore T. Worrell, 1883-1892 ^{[3] [8]}
• Arthur Barclay, 1896–1903 ^[4]
• Daniel Edward Howard, 1904-1912 ^[3]
• Thomas W. Haynes, 1912 ^{[9] [3]}
• John L. Morris, 1912-1914-? ^[9]
• James F. Cooper, 1915-1917 ^[4]
• Walter F. Walker, 1917-1920 ^[10]
• J. Jeremiah Harris, 1920-1926-? ^[3]
• A. W. Melon, ?-1927-? ^[4]
• Samuel George Harmon, 1928-? ^{[3] [11]}
• James F. Cooper, 1930 ^{[4] [12]}
• John L. Morris, 1930-? ^{[3] [12]}
• Dixon Byrd Brown, 1932-1933 ^[4]
• Gabriel Lafayette Dennis, 1933-1940 ^[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

• 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, January - November 1991 ^[18]
• Francis C. Karpeh, June 1991 - March 1994 ^[18]
• Wilson Tarpeh, May 1994- August 1995 ^[18]
• Lansana Kromah, September 1995 - August 1997 ^[18]
• Elias Saleeby, August 1997-1999 ^[15]
• John G. Bestman, 1999 ^[15]
• Milton Nathaniel Barnes, 1999-2002 ^[19]
• Charles Bright, 2002-2003 ^[20]
• Lusine Kamara, 2003-2006 ^[21]
• Antoinette Sayeh, 2006-2008 ^[22]
• Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, 2008 ^[23] -2012 ^[24]
• Amara Konneh, 2012-2016 ^[25]
• Boima Kamara, 2016-2018 ^[26]
• Samuel D. Tweah, 2018-2024 ^[27]
• Boima Kamara, 2024 ^[1]
• Anthony Myers, acting, 2024 ^[28] –present

See also

• Central Bank of Liberia

References

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External links

• Official website