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.
Following devolution in 1999, the Government of First Minister Donald Dewar established the position as the Minister for Finance, which was later renamed to the Minister for Finance and Local Government under Henry McLeish from 2000 to 2001. In the first government of Jack McConnell, from 2001 to 2003, it was rebranded as the Minister for Finance and Public Services, then changed again to the Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform after a cabinet reshuffle in 2004. The first government of Alex Salmond in 2007 merged the finance element with that of Enterprise and Transport to create the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth.