Between 1981-2016, Euromoney magazine awarded the Finance Minister of the Year award.[1] This award was given to a country Finance Minister who reformed or innovated their countries economy during their tenure. In Australia, the award is colloquially nicknamed "World's Greatest Treasurer" after Paul Keating won in 1984.[2][3] The award has not been given since 2017, with the magazine focusing their articles and awards on Banking Excellence.[4]
Past recipients are listed below.[5]
- 1981 Turgut Özal of Turkey
- 1982 Hon Sui Sen of Singapore
- 1983 Jesús Silva Herzog of Mexico
- 1984 Paul Keating of Australia[6]
- 1985 Roger Douglas of New Zealand[7]
- 1986 James Baker of the United States of America[8]
- 1987 Edouard Balladur of France[9]
- 1988 Nigel Lawson of the United Kingdom
- 1989 J. B. Sumarlin of Indonesia
- 1990 Philippe Maystadt of Belgium[10]
- 1991 Carlos Solchaga of Spain
- 1992 Domingo Cavallo of Argentina
- 1993 Manmohan Singh of India[11]
- 1994 Iiro Viinanen of Finland
- 1995 Roberto de Ocampo of the Philippines[12]
- 1996 Robert Rubin of the United States of America[13]
- 1997 Anatoly Chubais of Russia[14]
- 1998 Leszek Balcerowicz of Poland[15]
- 1999 José Ángel Gurría of Mexico[16]
- 2000 Brigita Schmögnerová of Slovakia[17]
- 2001 Shaukat Aziz of Pakistan[18]
- 2002 Milen Veltchev of Bulgaria[19]
- 2003 Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf of Saudi Arabia[20]
- 2004 Ivan Miklos of Slovakia[21]
- 2005 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria[22]
- 2006 Sri Mulyani Indrawati of Indonesia[23]
- 2007 Mlađan Dinkić of Serbia[24]
- 2008 Xie Xuren of China[25]
- 2009 Jim Flaherty of Canada[26]
- 2010 Alexei Kudrin of Russia[27]
- 2011 Wayne Swan of Australia[28]
- 2012 Cesar Purisima of Philippines[29]
- 2013 Tharman Shanmugaratnam of Singapore[30]
- 2014 Luis Videgaray Caso of Mexico[31]
- 2015 Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría of Colombia[32]
- 2016 Alfonso Prat-Gay of Argentina[33]
References edit
- ^ Finance minister of the year, Euromoney magazine
- ^ "Keating Euromoney". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
- ^ Thompson, Jeremy (20 September 2011). "Swan named world's best treasurer". ABC News. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Awards for Excellence 2021". Euromoney. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Previous Finance Minister of the Year award recipients (1981-2015)". September 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Speakers Orateurs, Hon. Paul J Keating, European Speakers Bureau". Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ "Speakerlink". Archived from the original on 2007-08-02. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ Finance minister of the year 1986: James Baker, Secretary, U.S. Treasury
- ^ CSA Celebrity Speakers
- ^ "Site Internet en cours de réalisation". www.ceuropeens.org. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "MANMOHAN SINGH INDIAN PRIME MINISTER India government". Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ "Euromoney 1996-09". Euromoney. 31 August 1996. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ FINANCE MINISTER OF THE YEAR 1996 - Rubin: quietly getting things done
- ^ Finance Minister of the Year 1997: Chubais forces the pace
- ^ Finance Minister of the Year 1998: Leszek Balcerowicz
- ^ Finance minister of the year 1999: Staying tough in a crisis
- ^ Finance Minister of the Year 2000: Brigita Schmögnerovà
- ^ Finance minister of the year 2001: Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan
- ^ Finance minister of the year 2002: Veltchev takes his debt skills back home
- ^ Finance minister of the year 2003: Taking stock of a volatile situation
- ^ Finance minister of the year 2004: Miklos has no time for bullies
- ^ Finance minister of the year 2005: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria
- ^ Finance Minister of the year 2006: Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati
- ^ Finance minister of the year 2007: Mladjan Dinkic
- ^ Finance Minister of the Year 2008
- ^ Finance minister of the year: Jim Flaherty, Canada
- ^ Finance minister of the year 2010: Kudrin’s cautious approach pays off for Russia
- ^ Finance minister of the year 2011: Swan confounds his domestic sceptics
- ^ Purisima named Euromoney Finance Minister of the Year 2012
- ^ "Shanmugaratnam named Euromoney Finance Minister of the Year 2013". Euromoney. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ Finance minister of the year 2014: Reformer Videgaray transforms Mexico
- ^ Finance Minister of the Year 2015: Cárdenas clinches Colombian credibility
- ^ Finance Minister of the Year 2016: Prat-Gay lays the ground for a new Argentina