Ministry of Finance, Corporate Governance & Public Private Partnerships

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Ministry of Finance, Corporate Governance & Public Private Partnerships
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JurisdictionFlag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda Government of Antigua and Barbuda
HeadquartersHigh Street, St. John's [1]
Minister responsible
Parent agency Government of Antigua and Barbuda
Website https://ab.gov.ag/detail_page.php?page=13

The Ministry of Finance is a government ministry of Antigua and Barbuda responsible for the management of public finances, economic planning, revenue and budgeting.

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Ministers of finance

NameTook officeLeft office
V. C. Bird [2] [3] [4] 19601971
George Walter 19711974
Sydney U. Prince [5] 19741976
Reuben Harris [6] 19761978
John Eugene St. Luce [6] [7] 19781982
V. C. Bird 19821982
John Eugene St. Luce [8] [9] [10] [11] 19821991
Lester Bird [11] 19911991
Molwyn Joseph [12] 19911994
John Eugene St. Luce [3] 19941994
Molwyn Joseph [13] [14] 19941996
John Eugene St. Luce [14] 19962001
Lester Bird [15] 20012003
Robin Yearwood 20032004
Errol Cort [16] 20042009
Harold Lovell [17] 20092014
Gaston Browne [18] 2014Incumbent

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