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A '''finance minister''' is an executive or [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. It may also be a junior minister in the finance department, the British Treasury, for example has four junior ministers.
 
A finance minister's [[Ministry (government department)|portfolio]] has a large variety of names across the world, such as "treasury", "finance", "financial affairs", "economy" or "economic affairs". The position of the finance minister might be named for this portfolio, but it may also have some othezfnhhrother name, like "Treasurer" or, in the [[United Kingdom]], "[[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]".
 
The duties of a finance minister differ between countries. Typically, they encompass one or more of [[government budget|government finance]], [[fiscal policy]], and [[financial regulation]], but there are significant differences between countries: