Joanna Kustman

Joanna Kustman (born 24 August 1966) is a Brunanter politician with the Christian Democratic Union. She is the Minister of Finance in the interim Vandreck government. Kustman was previously in municipal government and worked for the Central Bank of Brunant. Kustman is considered to be the most powerful woman, and among the most powerful ministers, in the government.

Biography
Kustman has been a CDU member since 1995. From 1998 to 2002 she was part of the Roodstad government. Between 2002 and 2013 she worked with the Central Bank in a number of policy and management roles, and was involved with largely successful policies to manage and help control inflation and deficits following financial difficulties in 2009.

She resigned her position ahead of the 2013 general election, in which she was elected. She was re-elected in the 2017 general election, this time around sixth in the party list.