Finance Minister of Malta

Finance Minister of Malta Ministru tal-Finanzi ta' Malta
Coat of Arms of the Republic of Malta
Incumbent Edward Scicluna since 13 March 2013
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	President of Malta
Term length	General elections are held every five years at a maximum, but may be held sooner. No term limits are imposed on the office.
Formation	1921 (1921)
Website	finance.gov.mt

Malta
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Malta
Republic Constitution President (list) Marie Louise Coleiro Preca
Government Prime Minister (list) Joseph Muscat Deputy Prime Minister (list) Chris Fearne Finance Minister (list) Edward Scicluna Foreign Minister (list) Carmelo Abela Cabinet (current)
Parliament Speaker (list) Angelo Farrugia Deputy Speaker (list) Claudette Buttigieg Leader of the House (list) Chris Fearne Leader of the Opposition (list) Adrian Delia
Judiciary Chief Justice (list) Joseph Azzopardi Law Courts and Tribunals Commission for the Administration of Justice
Political parties Nationalist Party Labour Party Democratic Party Alleanza Bidla Democratic Alternative Imperium Europa Moviment Patrijotti Maltin
Recent elections Legislative: 2008 2013 2017 European: 2004 2009 2014 Referendums: 2011 2015
Administrative divisions Local councils Districts Regions
Foreign relations
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The Finance Minister of Malta is the head of the Ministry for Finance.

Constitutional Functions

The Finance Minister has an important constitutional role. This constitution assigns the exclusive competence to the Finance Minister to initiate a legislative bill on financial measures. This means that financial measures cannot be introduced through a private member's bills amongst others. Furthermore, the constitution assigns the duty to the finance minister to lay before the House of Representatives not later than thirty days after, the commencement of each financial year estimates of the revenues and expenditure of Malta for that year.

See also

• List of Finance Ministers of Malta