Ramathan Ggoobi

Ramathan Ggoobi, is a Ugandan economist, economic policy analyst, academic and public administrator, who serves as the permanent secretary of the Uganda Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and "Secretary to the Treasury of the Republic of Uganda", since 15 July 2021. Before that Ggoobi was a lecturer, economic policy analyst and researcher at Makerere University Business School, since 2008.

Background and education He was born in the Buganda Region of Uganda circa 1980. After attending local primary and secondary schools, he was admitted to Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 2003. He followed that with a Master of Arts degree in Economic Policy and Planning, also from Makerere University in 2011. His Doctor of Philosophy in Economics was awarded by the Nelson Mandela University in South Africa in 2025. He also holds a Certificate in Sustainable Development, awarded in 2015 by Columbia University, and a Certificate in Energy Economics, awarded by Total Global, in 2016.

Other considerations During the first two decades of the 21st century, Ggoobi has been hired as a consultant by several organizations including: (a) the International Labour Organization (ILO) (b) the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) of the United Kingdom (c) the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) of Germany, (d) the Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU) and (e) the Action Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE), among many others. He is reported to support "public policies informed by research, science and economics".