Following devolution in 1999, the Government of First Minister Donald Dewar instituted the position as the Minister for Finance, which was renamed the Minister for Finance and Local Government in the Government of Henry McLeish from 2000 to 2001. In the first Government of Jack McConnell, from 2001 to 2003, the position was renamed as the Minister for Finance and Public Services, changed to the Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform after a reshuffle of the Second McConnell government in 2004. The first Government of Alex Salmond in 2007 combined the Minister for Finance element, with that of Enterprise and Transport to create the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth.
After Scotland's devolution in 1999, Donald Dewar's government created the post as Minister for Finance, which was later renamed to include local government under Henry McLeish from 2000 to 2001. In Jack McConnell's first government, it became the Minister for Finance and Public Services until a cabinet change in 2004, when it was rebranded again as the Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform. Alex Salmond's first government in 2007 combined finance with enterprise and transport to create the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth.