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Formed | 1990 |
Jurisdiction | Marshall Islands |
Headquarters | Majuro, Marshall Islands |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Government of Marshall Islands |
Website | web |
Ministry of Finance of the Marshall Islands is a government ministry in the Marshall Islands responsible for providing a management system for public finances to manage revenue and fiscal functions of the Government of the Marshall Islands. [1]
The ministry was established in 1990 under the 11 MIRC Chapter 1 Financial Management Act. [2]
Name | President | Took office | Left office | |
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Atjang Paul | Amata Kabua | 1979 | 1982 | [3] [4] |
Charles Domnick | Amata Kabua | 1982 | 1982 | [5] |
Toke Sawej | Amata Kabua | 1982 | 1983-? | [6] |
Amata Kabua | Amata Kabua | ? | 1984 | [7] |
Tom D. Kijiner | Amata Kabua | 1984 | 1988 | [8] [9] |
Henchi Balos | Amata Kabua | 1988 | 1992 | [10] [11] |
Ruben Zackhras | Amata Kabua Kunio Lemari Imata Kabua | 1992 | 1998 | [12] |
Tony deBrum | Imata Kabua | 1998 | 2000 | [13] |
Michael Konelios | Kessai Note | 2000 | 2004 | |
Brenson Wase | Kessai Note | 2004 | 2008 | [14] [15] |
Jack Ading | Litokwa Tomeing Ruben Zackhras Jurelang Zedkaia | 2008 | 2012 | [16] |
Dennis Momotaro | Christopher Loeak | 2012 | 2014 | [17] |
Jack Ading | Christopher Loeak Casten Nemra | 2014 | 2016 | [18] |
Brenson Wase | Hilda Heine | 2016 | 2020 | [19] [20] |
Alfred Alfred Jr. | David Kabua | 2020 | 2021 | [21] |
Brenson Wase | David Kabua | 2021 | 2023 [22] | [23] |
Casten Nemra | David Kabua | 2023 | 2024 | [22] |
David Paul | Hilda Heine | 2024 | Incumbent | [24] |
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