Minister of Finance of the Republic of Melonia

A portrait of incumbent Minister of Finance/Speaker cstro.

Incumbent	cstro216 October 16, 2023 - present
Style of Address	Minister (official)
Type of Role	Budget Creation Chief Treasurer Tax Collection
Abbreviation(s)	Min. Fin.
Member of	Executive Branch of the Republic of Melonia
Office	House of the Republic 1 Capitol Drive, Downtown, Melonia City, Republic of Melonia
Appointer	Appointment by President or Prime Minister Appointment by Parliament (in cases of firing)
Term length	Indefinite (until President, Prime Minister or Parliament fires or PM resigns)
Position Formation	July 15, 2022

The Minister of Finance of the Republic of Melonia (more commonly known as simply the “Minister of Finance”) is a member of the Executive Branch of the Republic of Melonia. The Finance Minister is responsible for creating Melonia's budget, collecting taxes, and generally managing the government's money and bank accounts.

Now-former M.P. Bannerman was just elected to his new position, and wanted to focus full time on Parliament work and didn't want his Ministry of Tax Collection position to get in the way. Due to these circumstances, and due to the budget crisis that occurred at this time, President Webb decided to abolish the Tax Collection Ministry and instead create the Minister of Finance, which is dedicated to all financial matters, including tax collection. He appointed Prime Minister tz_scion for this position, who still holds it today.

Minister Scion decided to utilize the newly-passed Public Works Act to build out infrastructure for Agronia, as it was just land back in those days. He coordinated the entire project, even doing a lot of the work himself. He used his power as Minister of Finance to grant all who helped with the project a salary depending on the amount of time they spent working in total.

The Minister of Finance, who has the power to create budgets, was instrumental in calculating and sorting out a brand new budget for Melonia that would stop the bleeding of money. This plan included heavily lowering government pay, abolishing military funding temporarily, and selling more plots to citizens to recoup losses.

The Minister of Finance is responsible for creating and maintaining the Melonian Budget, which lays out what each department of the government gets in funding, and what government officials shall be paid.

As Chief Treasurer, this ministry is responsible for deciding how Melonia should distribute its money, especially in cases of potential government purchases of items.

This ministry also deals with tax collection, as the Ministry of Tax Collection was abolished. The Minister of Finance is responsible for making sure all tax logs are up-to-date, and that taxes are paid.

Three people in Melonia to have held this position, as of October 17, 2023.