Antoinette Sayeh

Antoinette Sayeh
Minister of Finance
In office
2006–2008
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Succeeded by Augustine Ngafuan
Personal details
Born (1958-07-12) 12 July 1958
Monrovia, Liberia
Nationality Liberian
Alma mater Swarthmore College
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Occupation Economist

Antoinette Monsio Sayeh (born 12 July 1958 in Monrovia, Liberia) is a Liberian economist. Sayeh began an appointment as the Director of the African Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on July 14, 2008.

Prior to that, she served from January 2006 as Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the second woman in Liberia's history to hold that position, the first being Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Sayeh is a graduate of Swarthmore College and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where she received her MA and Ph.D in International Economic Relations. Sayeh has also worked for the World Bank as country director for Benin, Niger, and Togo and worked on public finance management and civil service reform in Pakistan. According to the BBC, Sayeh has "delighted international financial institutions" as Minister of Finance.[1]

From 2007, Sayeh was a member of the World Bank Group’s High Level Advisory Council on Women's Economic Empowerment, which was chaired by Danny Leipziger and Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul.[2]

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  1. Liberian cabinet posts announced BBC News, 17 January 2006
  2. The World Bank Group Advisory Council on Women’s Economic Empowerment World Bank Group, Gender Equality as Smart Economics newsletter, March 2008.


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