The State Treasurer of Missouri is a statewide elected official responsible for serving as Missouri's chief financial officer. The current state treasurer is Scott Fitzpatrick, who was appointed in January 2019 following the resignation of the previous incumbent Eric Schmitt in order to accept appointment as Attorney General of Missouri. State Treasurers are limited to two terms in office, and along with the Governor, is the only other statewide elected office in Missouri that is subject to term limits. Schmitt was elected as State Treasurer after Clint Zweifel was ineligible to seek reelection in the 2016 election, having been elected to two terms in the 2008 and 2012 elections, and announced that he would not run for any other political office that year. The most recent scheduled electio