The Banker names Skaiste as finance minister of year

The Banker, an influential magazine that is part of the Financial Times group, has named Lithuanian Finance Minister Gintare Skaiste the Finance Minister of the Year in the global and European context, the Finance Ministry reports.

Produced every year, the list of the bet finance ministers honors leaders who were the best at promoting growth and stabilizing their economies, and Skaiste's key achievement was the drafting of an economic recovery plan at a record-short time.

Last year, French Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire was named the best.