Minister of Finance (Vishwamitra)
Minister of Finance वित्त मंत्री | |
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Ministry of Finance | |
Style | The Most Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | Rashtradhyaksh Prime Minister |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | Rashtradhyaksh on the recommendation of the Prime Minister |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 15 April 2007; 15 years ago |
First holder | Tanishkaa Patranabish |
Deputy | Minister of State for Finance |
The Minister of Finance (Hindi: वित्त मंत्री), commonly shortened to Finance Minister is the minister in the Cabinet of Vishwamitra who is responsible for overseeing the nation's economy, financial infrastructure, management. The minister is the head of the Ministry of Finance Affairs. The first Minister of Finance was Tanishkaa Patranabish who was appointed on 15 April 2007 following the establishment of the ministry and is till date the longest-serving minister. The current Minister of Finance is Baron Arsal Abbas Mirza who was appointed on 12 November 2022 and has earlier served as the minister of state in the ministry.
The Minister of Finance is often assisted by a junior minister, titled as the Minister of State for Finance who acts as the deputy to the Finance Minister and the second highest office holder in the Ministry of Finance.
History of office
The Minister of Finance has been the head of the Ministry of Finance since its formation on 15 April 2007 and is one of the longest-continuing ministerial positions in the cabinet. The first minister was Tanishkaa Patranabish who is till date the longest serving finance minister. Often prime ministers like Sarala Baishya, Dhrubajyoti Roy, Tanishkaa Patranabish and Anoushkaa Patranabish served as ministers of finance.
Role and duties
The minister is usually one of the most senior members of Cabinet and a member on the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS). The minister is seen as one of the people most responsible for formulating Vishwamitra's nation's economy, financial infrastructure, management, as they along with other relevant ministers advise the Prime Minister in developing the national economy and formulating laws and policies to develop the economy and economic infrastructure, and also acts as the government's main spokesperson on financial subjects. The minister is also the principal advisor to the Rashtradhyaksh on matters on finance. Prior to 2020, the ministers of finance also tabled the National Finance Budget and Cultural Budget, later transformed to the National Statements on the floor of the house.
The minister along with their deputy, the minister of state for finance, preside over the following departments and agencies which fall under the jurisdiction of the ministry:
- Department of Department of Economic Development
- Department of Digital Economy
- Department of Budget
- Department of Financial Services
- Department of Monetary Development and Creation
List of ministers
Seventeen individuals have served as the Minister of Finance since the establishment of the ministry on 15 April 2007. Out of those seventeen individuals, four served as a minister as an additional ministry during their tenure as the Prime Minister. The first occupant of the office was Tanishkaa Patranabish who also holds the record of being the longest-serving minister of finance with a tenure of more than 7 years. She also holds the record of being appointed as the finance minister for the most number of terms. The tenure of the shortest minister is that of Liam Alexander who held the portfolio for less than a day (eight hours approximately).
The current minister is Baron Arsal Abbas Mirza who has been in office since 12 November 2022 and has previously served as the minister of state in the ministry being the first former finance minister of state to serve as cabinet minister in the same ministry.
Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2004) |
15 April 2007 |
31 December 2009 |
5 years, 37 days | Independent | Arnisha | Arnisha Phatowali | |
1 January 2010 |
22 May 2012 |
Dhrubajyoti I | Dhrubajyoti Roy | |||||
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Sarala Baishya सरला वैश्य (born 2005) |
22 May 2012 |
21 May 2014 |
3 years, 198 days | Dhrubajyoti II | |||
21 May 2014 |
22 February 2015 |
Sarala I | Sarala Baishya | |||||
Dhrubajyoti Roy | ||||||||
22 February 2015 |
6 December 2015 |
Tanishkaa I | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |||||
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Mohammad Mridul Amin मोहम्मद मृदुल अमीन (born 2003) |
6 December 2015 |
11 April 2016 |
127 days | Sarala II | Sarala Baishya | ||
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Arnab Sil अर्नब सिल (born 2004) |
11 April 2016 |
29 May 2016 |
48 days | Secular Party | Dhrubajyoti III | Dhrubajyoti Roy | |
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Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु चेत्री (born 2001) |
29 May 2016 |
2 October 2016 |
126 days | ||||
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Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2004) |
2 October 2016 |
30 December 2016 |
89 days | ||||
Dhrubajyoti Roy ध्रुबज्योति रॉय (born 2002) (Prime Minister) |
30 December 2016 |
12 April 2017 |
103 days | Dhrubajyoti IV | ||||
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Sarala Baishya सरला वैश्य (born 2005) (Prime Minister) |
12 April 2017 |
5 July 2017 |
84 days | Independent Party | Sarala III | Self | |
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Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2004) (Prime Minister until 25 December 2017) |
5 July 2017 |
25 December 2017 |
1 year, 68 days | Secular Party | Tanishkaa II | Self | |
25 December 2017 |
21 March 2018 |
Dhrubajyoti V | Dhrubajyoti Roy | |||||
21 March 2018 |
13 May 2018 |
Dhrubajyoti VI | ||||||
14 May 2018 |
11 September 2018 |
Tanishkaa III | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |||||
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Dhrubajyoti Roy ध्रुबज्योति रॉय (born 2002) (President) |
11 September 2018 |
12 October 2018 |
117 days | Congress | Dhrubajyoti Roy | ||
12 October 2018 |
6 January 2019 |
Dhrubajyoti VII | ||||||
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Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2004) (Prime Minister) |
7 January 2019 |
17 March 2019 |
190 days | Secular Party | Tanishkaa IV | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |
17 March 2019 |
16 July 2019 |
Congress | Tanishkaa V | |||||
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Asmi Patranabis अस्मी पत्रनबिस (born 2007) |
16 July 2019 |
29 September 2019 |
75 days | ||||
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Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2010) |
29 September 2019 |
8 November 2019 |
40 days | ||||
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Asmi Patranabis अस्मी पत्रनबिस (born 2007) |
8 November 2019 |
16 November 2019 |
8 days | ||||
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Arnab Sil अर्नब सिल (born 2004) |
16 November 2019 |
24 November 2019 |
8 days | ||||
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Dhrubajyoti Roy ध्रुबज्योति रॉय (born 2002) (President) |
24 November 2019 |
26 November 2019 |
2 days | ||||
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Arnab Sil अर्नब सिल (born 2004) |
26 November 2019 |
9 December 2019 |
13 days | ||||
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Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2004) (Prime Minister) |
9 December 2019 |
10 January 2020 |
32 days | ||||
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Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2010) |
10 January 2020 |
3 March 2020 |
53 days | ||||
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Ankurjyoti Thakuria अंकुरज्योति ठाकुरिया (born 2002) |
3 March 2020 |
9 March 2020 |
6 days | Congress | Anoushkaa I | Anoushkaa Patranabish | |
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Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2010) (Prime Minister) |
9 March 2020 |
22 March 2020 |
13 days | ||||
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Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2004) (Prime Minister) |
22 March 2020 |
10 April 2020 |
19 days | Tanishkaa VI | Tanishkaa Patranabish | ||
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Arnab Sil अर्नब सिल (born 2004) |
10 April 2020 |
30 April 2020 |
20 days | ||||
Position vacant between 1 May and 13 May 2020. | ||||||||
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Arnab Sil अर्नब सिल (born 2004) |
13 May 2020 |
7 June 2020 |
25 days | Congress | Tanishkaa VII | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |
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Princess Anoushkaa राजकुमारी अनुष्का (born 2010) (Prime Minister) |
8 June 2020 |
28 January 2021 |
234 days | Anoushkaa II | Princess Anoushkaa | ||
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Liam Alexander लियाम अलेक्जेंडर (born 2005) |
28 January 2021 |
Less than a day (8 hours approx.) |
Royalist Party | Ștefan I | Duke Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu | ||
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Rashtradhyaksh Dhrubajyoti Roy ध्रुबज्योति रॉय (born 2002) (Advisor to the Prime Minister) |
28 January 2021 |
1 March 2021 |
32 days | Independent | |||
Position vacant between 1 March and 5 March 2021. | ||||||||
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Cristian Dobrev क्रिस्टियन डोबरेव (born 2004) |
6 March 2021 |
18 June 2021 |
104 days | Independent | Ștefan II | ||
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Baron Ned Vodă नेड वोडा (born 2001) |
18 June 2021 |
11 September 2021 |
85 days | Congress | |||
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Charles Burgardt चार्ल्स बर्गार्ड्ट (born 2002) |
11 September 2021 |
21 October 2021 |
40 days | Farhaz I | Duke Farhaz Hazarika | ||
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Count Phillip Joseph Pillin फिलिप जोसेफ पिलिन (born 1996) (Prime Minister) |
21 October 2021 |
22 November 2021 |
32 days | Independent | Phillip | Count Phillip Joseph Pillin | |
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Count Charles Burgardt चार्ल्स बर्गार्ड्ट (born 2002) |
22 November 2021 |
12 May 2022 |
171 days | Congress | Farhaz II | Duke Farhaz Hazarika | |
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Baron Matthew Tonna मैथ्यू टोना (born 2005) |
12 May 2022 |
30 July 2022 |
79 days | Independent | Farhaz III | ||
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Duke Rory McPhail रोरी मैकफेल (born 2007) |
31 July 2022 |
11 November 2022 |
103 days | ||||
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Baron Arsal Abbas Mirza अरसल अब्बास मिर्ज़ा (born 2006) |
12 November 2022 |
Incumbent | Independent | Farhaz IV |