Ministry of Finance (Liberia) explained

The Ministry of Finance is a government ministry of the Republic of Liberia., the Liberian Finance Minister is Boima Kamara, who was appointed in January 2024. 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.^[1]

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-?^[2]
• Stephen Allen Benson, ?-1856^[2]
• John C. Chavers, ?-1866-?^[2]
• Edward J. Roye, ?-?^[3]
• W. H. Lynch, ?-?
• Daniel Beams, ?-1868-1869-?
• B. J. K. Anderson, 1870^[4]
• Edward F. Roye, 1871-?^[5]
• Frederick Keith Hyde, ?-?
• Henry W. Dennis, 1874-1876^[2]
• James T. Wiles, 1876^[2]
• John R. Freeman, 1876^[2]
• B. J. K. Anderson, 1876-1878
• William H. Roe, 1878-1883^[6]
• Moore T. Worrell, 1883-?
• Arthur Barclay, 1896–1900^[7]
• Arthur Barclay, 1900–1903
• Daniel Edward Howard, 1904-1912^[2]
• Thomas W. Haynes, ?-1912^{[8] [2]}
• John L. Morris, 1912-?
• Walter F. Walker, 1917-1920^[9]
• J. Jeremiah Harris, 1920-1926-?^[2]
• Samuel George Harmon, 1928-?^[10]
• James F. Cooper, ?-1930^[11]
• John L. Morris, 1930-?
• Gabriel Lafayette Dennis, 1932-1940^[12]
• William E. Dennis, 1944-1958^[2]
• Charles Dunbar Sherman, 1958-1968^[13]
• James Milton Weeks, 1968-1971^[2]
• James Milton Weeks, 1971-1972^[14]

Ministers of Finance

• Stephen A. Tolbert, 1972-1975^[14]
• Edwin Williams, 1975-1976^[14]
• James T. Phillips, 1976-1979^[14]
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 1979-1980^[14]
• Perry G. Zulu, 1980-1981^[14]
• George K. Dunye, 1981^[14]
• G. Alvin Jones, 1981-1986^[14]
• Robert C. Tubman, 1986-1987
• John G. Bestman, 1987-1988
• David Farhat, 1988-1989
• Emmanuel Shaw, 1989-1990^[15]
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 1990^[16]
• Byron Tarr, 1990-1992^[14]
• Francis C. Karpeh, 1992-1994^[17]
• Wilson Tarpeh, 1994-1995^[18]
• Lansana Kromah, 1995-1997^[19]
• Elias Saleeby, 1997-1999^[14]
• John G. Bestman, 1999^[14]
• Milton Nathaniel Barnes, 1999-2002^[20]
• Charles Bright, 2002-2003^[21]
• Lusine Kamara, 2003-2006
• 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^[28]
• Anthony Myers, acting, 2024^[29] –present

See also

• Central Bank of Liberia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ministry of Finance and Development Planning . mfdp . en-gb.
2. Book: Dunn . Elwood D. . Beyan . Amos J. . Burrowes . Carl Patrick . Historical Dictionary of Liberia . Scarecrow Press . en . 20 December 2000. 9781461659310 .
3. Web site: Edward J. Roye » LiberiaInfo . LiberiaInfo . 6 March 2012.
4. Book: Fairhead . James . Geysbeek . Tim . Holsoe . Svend E. . Leach . Melissa . African-American Exploration in West Africa: Four Nineteenth-Century Diaries . Indiana University Press . en . 13 November 2003. 0253110041 .
5. Web site: The African Repository and Colonial Journal . American Colonization Society . en . 1871.
6. Web site: Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 4, 1883 - Office of the Historian . history.state.gov.
7. Web site: Arthur Barclay – HPSOL .
8. Book: Dunn . D. Elwood . The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia 1848–2010: State of the Nation Addresses to the National Legislature . Walter de Gruyter . en . 4 May 2011. 9783598441691 .
9. Web site: Johnson . Phillip James . Seasons in hell: Charles S. Johnson and the 1930 Liberian Labor Crisis .
10. Book: Dunn . D. Elwood . The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia 1848–2010: State of the Nation Addresses to the National Legislature . Walter de Gruyter . en . 4 May 2011. 9783598441691 .
11. Web site: Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1930, Volume III - Office of the Historian . history.state.gov.
12. Book: Garvey . Marcus . The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. IX: Africa for the Africans June 1921-December 1922 . University of California Press . en . 5 December 1995. 9780520916821 .
13. Web site: Remembering Charles Dunbar Sherman on His 100th Anniversary. October 16, 2019.
14. Book: Historical Dictionary of Liberia. Elwood D.. Dunn. Amos J.. Beyan. Carl Patrick. Burrowes. December 20, 2000. Scarecrow Press. 9781461659310. Google Books.
15. Book: Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Oct 1989.. HathiTrust. 2003 . 2027/uc1.c049297898.
16. Book: Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1990Mar-Dec.. HathiTrust. 2003 . 2027/osu.32435083692814.
17. Book: Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Mar.-Oct. 1992.. HathiTrust. 2003 . 2027/nyp.33433070825298.
18. Book: Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1994May-Aug 1994.. HathiTrust. 2003 . 2027/osu.32435083447946.
19. Book: Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1995Sep-Dec 1995.. HathiTrust. 2003 . 2027/osu.32435083448365.
20. Web site: AllGov - Officials. www.allgov.com.
21. Web site: Archived copy . 2020-10-17 . 2020-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017092800/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/pdfs/2002/December2002ChiefsDirectory.pdf . dead .
22. Web site: Antoinette Monsio Sayeh: Director, African Department. International Monetary Fund. 2014-09-09.
23. Web site: Liberia: Ngafuan Takes Over Finance Ministry - Promises Collaborative Efforts . 26 August 2008.
24. Web site: Liberia: Ngafuan, Konneh Take Charge . 13 February 2012.
25. Web site: Ministry of Finance . www.mof.gov.lr . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322135514/http://www.mof.gov.lr/content.php?sub=95&related=9&res=95&third=95 . 22 March 2012 . dead.
26. Web site: President Sirleaf Makes Additional Appointments in Government.
27. Web site: Profile of 2018 National Independence Day Orator, Samuel D. Tweah. John H. T.. Stewart. July 25, 2018.
28. Web site: President Boakai Makes Initial Appointments In Government The Executive Mansion . www.emansion.gov.lr . The Executive Mansion.
29. Web site: President Boakai Appoints Anthony Myers as Acting Finance Minister . www.mfdp.gov.lr . en-gb.