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In [[Hong Kong]] the finance minister is called the [[Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)|Financial Secretary]], though there is a [[Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury|Secretary for the Treasury]] subordinate to him.
 
In [[Australia]], the senior minister is the [[Treasurer of Australia|Treasurer]], although there is a [[Minister for Finance and the Public Service (Australia)|Minister for Finance]] who is more junior and, {{as of|2018|lc=yes}}, heads a separate portfolio of Finance and the Public Service.
 
Finance ministers can be unpopular if they must raise [[tax]]es or cut [[Government spending|spending]]. Finance ministers whose key decisions had directly benefited both the performance and perception of their country’s economic and financial achievements are recognised by the annual [[Euromoney Finance Minister of the Year]] award.