Neal Rijkenberg | |
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Minister of Finance | |
Assumed office November 2018 | |
Preceded by | Martin Dlamini |
Neal Rijkenberg is the minister of finance of Eswatini since November 2018. [1]
His family moved from South Africa to Swaziland in 1970. [2] Rijkenberg previously was CEO of timber producer Montigny Group from 1997. [3] He co-founded Bulembu Ministries Eswatini. He was also a director in Bulembu Ministries from 2005 to 2018. [3] A self-described proponent of a free-market economy,he supports slashing labour and competition regulations. In February 2020,he cut the country's corporate tax rate from 27.5% to 12.5%. [4] [5] [6]