Ministry of Finance (Trinidad and Tobago)

Trinidad and Tobago
Ministry of Finance
The "Coat of Arms" is used as the Ministry's seal.
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Trinidad and Tobago
HeadquartersEric Williams Plaza,
Annual budgetTT$7,407,554,030.00 TTD (2025)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executives
Child agencies
  • Customs and Excise Division
  • Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago
  • National Insurance Board
  • National Lotteries Control Board
  • Trinidad and Tobago Securities Exchange Commission
  • Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation
Websitehttp://www.finance.gov.tt/

The Ministry of Finance is a Ministry in the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. The head of the ministry is the Minister of Finance and is appointed by the President of Trinidad and Tobago on the advice of the Prime Minister. The incumbent, Davendranath Tancoo was appointed on May 3, 2025, He replaced Vishnu Dhanpaul. The Minister in the Ministry of Finance is Senator Kennedy Swaratsingh, he was appointed on May 13, 2025, he is also the Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development.

The Ministry's Permanent Secretaries are currently Suzette Taylor-Lee Chee (2024), Michelle Durham-Kissoon (2016), and Dexter Jaggernauth (2023, Ag) with Yasmin Harris as Comptroller of Customs and Excise.

The former Minister of Finance Vishnu Dhanpaul assumed office on March 17, 2025, succeeding Colm Imbert, who was minister from September 2015 to March 2025, Dhanpaul was appointed as minister following the appointment of Stuart Young as Prime Minister.