The Ministry of Finance is a

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of the

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. , the Liberian Finance Minister is Samuel D. Tweah, who was appointed in January 2018. The minister is appointed by the

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, with the consent of

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. The ministry's offices are located in Broad Street in

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. The ministry was led by a secretary of the treasury before 1972, and since 1972 minister of finance.

Secretaries of the Treasury

* John N. Lewis, 1848-? *

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, ?-1856 * John C. Chavers, ?-1866-? *

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, ?-? * W. H. Lynch, ?-? * Daniel Beams, ?-1868-1869-? * B. J. K. Anderson, 1870 * Edward F. Roye, 1871-? * Frederick Keith Hyde, ?-? * Henry W. Dennis, 1874-1876 * James T. Wiles, 1876 *

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, 1876 * B. J. K. Anderson, 1876-1878 * William H. Roe, 1878-1883 * Moore T. Worrell, 1883-? *

Arthur Barclay Arthur Barclay (31 July 1854 – 10 July 1938) was the 15th president of Liberia from 1904 to 1912. Early life and education Barclay was born at Bridgetown, Barbados, on 31 July 1854, the tenth of twelve children of Anthony and Sarah Barcl ...

, 1896–1900 *

, 1900–1903 *

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, 1904-1912 * Thomas W. Haynes, ?-1912 * John L. Morris, 1912-? * Walter F. Walker, 1917-1920 * J. Jeremiah Harris, 1920-1926-? *

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, 1928-? * James F. Cooper, ?-1930 * John L. Morris, 1930-? *

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, 1932-1940 * William E. Dennis, 1944-1958 * Charles Dunbar Sherman, 1958-1968 * James Milton Weeks, 1968-1971 * James Milton Weeks, 1971-1972

Ministers of Finance

* Stephen A. Tolbert, 1972-1975 * Edwin Williams, 1975-1976 * James T. Phillips, 1976-1979 * Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 1979-1980 * Perry G. Zulu, 1980-1981 * George K. Dunye, 1981 * G. Alvin Jones, 1981-1986 * Robert C. Tubman, 1986-1987 * John G. Bestman, 1987-1988 * David Farhat, 1988-1989 * Emmanuel Shaw, 1989-1990 * Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 1990 * Byron Tarr, 1990-1992 * Francis C. Karpeh, 1992-1994 * Wilson Tarpeh, 1994-1995 * Lansana Kromah, 1995-1997 * Elias Saleeby, 1997-1999 * John G. Bestman, 1999 * Milton Nathaniel Barnes, 1999-2002 * Charles Bright, 2002-2003 * Lusine Kamara, 2003-2006 *

Antoinette Sayeh Antoinette Monsio Sayeh (born 12 July 1958 in Monrovia, Liberia) is a Liberian economist and Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Sayeh served as the Director of the African Department at the IMF from July 14, 2008, ...

, 2006-2008 * Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, 2008-2012 * Amara Konneh, 2012-2016 * Boima Kamara, 2016-2018 * Samuel D. Tweah since January 2018

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