Ruth Margaret Richardson is a retired New Zealand politician of the National Party who served as Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1993. Her 1991 budget, which she dubbed the "Mother of all Budgets", formed the catalyst for her party's economic reforms known in the media as "Ruthanasia".
- Occupation
- politician, lawyer
- Position held
- Member of the New Zealand Parliament, Minister of Finance
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Born
- December 13, 1950
