A minister of finance that took upon himself to break all the (huge) monopolies [the country had one phone company, one bus company, one electric provider, etc.

A minister of finance that took upon himself to break all the (huge) monopolies [the country had one phone company, one bus company, one electric provider, etc. These were broken apart one at a time.], to reform the corruption, etc. He made plenty of enemies along the way, but somehow managed to keep on punching. And it truly is much better for everyone.