title: Minister of Finance and the Public Service
text: # Minister of Finance and the Public Service
  
  The Minister of Finance and the Public Service is Jamaica's chief financial official in charge of formulating both monetary and financial policies. He works alongside the Bank of Jamaica and its Governor.
  
  It is active in developing financial inclusion policy and is a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion.
  
  ## Ministers
  
  * Donald Sangster, May 1953 - February 1955
  * Noel Newton Nethersole, February 1955 - May 1959
  * Vernon Arnett, May 1959 - April 1962
  * Donald Sangster, April 1962 - March 1967
  * Edward Seaga, March 1967 - March 1972
  * David Coore, March 1972 - 1978
  * Eric Bell, 1978 - 1980
  * Hugh Small, May 1980 - October 1980
  * Edward Seaga, 1980 - 1989
  * Seymour Mullings, 1989 - 1990
  * Percival Patterson, 1990 - 1991
  * Hugh Small, 1992 - 1993
  * Omar Davies, December 1993 - August 2007
  * Audley Shaw, September 2007 – January 2012
  * Peter Phillips, January 2012 - March 2016
  * Audley Shaw, March 2016 – 26 March 2018
  * Nigel A. L. Clarke, 2018 -
  