President of the Treasury Board

The president of the Treasury Board (Template:Langx) is a minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet. The president is the chair of the Treasury Board of Canada (a committee of Cabinet in the Privy Council) and is the minister responsible for the Treasury Board Secretariat, the central agency which is responsible for accounting for the Government of Canada's fiscal operations.

The president of the Treasury Board has been Shafqat Ali since May 13, 2025.

History and overview

As a ministerial position, the office of Treasury Board president was created in the Cabinet in 1966 when the Treasury Board Secretariat became a full-fledged department of the federal government. Prior to 1966, the minister of finance was ex officio the chairman of the Treasury Board, as the Secretariat was part of the Department of Finance since Confederation (1867).<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Secretariat is a central agency and the administrative arm of the Treasury Board. Technically, the board is a Cabinet committee of the Privy Council, and is responsible for managing the government's fiscal and administrative responsibilities, including management of the civil service and oversight of expenditures.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The formal role of the president is to chair the Treasury Board. The officeholder is responsible for carrying out the management of the government through operationalizing the policies and programs approved by Cabinet and through providing federal departments with the necessary resources, among other things.<ref name=":2" />

List of presidents of the Treasury Board

This is a list of presidents of the Treasury Board since 1966, when the office became a full ministerial position in Cabinet.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Prior to 1966, the Treasury Board Secretariat belonged to the Department of Finance and, as such, the minister of finance was ex officio the chairman of the Treasury Board.<ref name=":2" />

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No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":3" />	Political party	Ministry
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 1	File:Edgar John Benson.jpg	Edgar Benson	October 1, 1966	April 20, 1968	Liberal	19 (Pearson)
April 20, 1968			July 5, 1968	20 (P. E. Trudeau)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 2	File:No image.svg	Charles Mills Drury	July 5, 1968		August 7, 1974	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 3	File:Jean Chrétien1.jpg	Jean Chrétien	August 8, 1974		September 13, 1976	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 4	File:No image.svg	Robert Knight Andras	September 14, 1976		November 23, 1978	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 5	File:No image.svg	Judd Buchanan	November 24, 1978		June 3, 1979	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 6	File:No image.svg	Sinclair Stevens	June 4, 1979	March 2, 1980	Progressive Conservative	21 (Clark)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 7	File:DonaldJohnston.jpg	Donald Johnston	March 3, 1980	September 29, 1982	Liberal	22 (P. E. Trudeau)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 8	File:Herb Gray 1980 (cropped).jpg	Herb Gray	September 30, 1982	June 29, 1984	Liberal
June 30, 1984			September 16, 1984	23 (Turner)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 9	File:No image.svg	Robert de Cotret	September 17, 1984	August 26, 1987	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 10	File:No image.svg	Don Mazankowski	August 27, 1987	March 30, 1988	Progressive Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 11	File:Pat Carney.jpg	Pat Carney	March 31, 1988	December 7, 1988	Progressive Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| –	File:No image.svg	Doug Lewis (Acting)	December 8, 1988	January 29, 1989	Progressive Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| (9)	File:No image.svg	Robert de Cotret (2nd time)	January 30, 1989	September 19, 1990	Progressive Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 12	File:No image.svg	Gilles Loiselle	September 20, 1990	June 24, 1993	Progressive Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 13	File:No image.svg	Jim Edwards	June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative	25 (Campbell)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 14		Art Eggleton	November 4, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 15	File:No image.svg	Marcel Massé	January 25, 1996	August 2, 1999	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 16	File:No image.svg	Lucienne Robillard	August 3, 1999	December 11, 2003	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 17	File:No image.svg	Reg Alcock	December 12, 2003	February 5, 2006	Liberal	27 (Martin)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 18	File:John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs.jpg	John Baird	February 6, 2006	January 3, 2007	Conservative	28 (Harper)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 19	File:Vic Toews.jpg	Vic Toews	January 4, 2007	January 19, 2010	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 20	File:Stockwell Day - July 2010.jpg	Stockwell Day	January 19, 2010	May 18, 2011	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 21	File:Tony Clement 2012 B.jpg	Tony Clement	May 18, 2011	November 4, 2015	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 22	File:Scott Brison 2010.jpg	Scott Brison	November 4, 2015	January 14, 2019	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 23	File:Jane Philpott (cropped).jpg	Jane Philpott	January 14, 2019	March 4, 2019	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| –	File:Carla Qualtrough MP.jpg	Carla Qualtrough (Acting)	March 4, 2019	March 18, 2019	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 24		Joyce Murray	March 18, 2019	November 20, 2019	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 25	File:Jean-Yves Duclos (cropped).jpg	Jean-Yves Duclos	November 20, 2019	October 26, 2021	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 26		Mona Fortier	October 26, 2021	July 26, 2023	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 27		Anita Anand	July 26, 2023	December 20, 2024	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 28		Ginette Petitpas Taylor	December 20, 2024	May 13, 2025	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 29		Shafqat Ali	May 13, 2025	Incumbent	Liberal	30 (Carney)

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