Frans Seda

Franciscus Xaverius Seda (4 October 1926 – 31 December 2009), popularly known as Frans Seda, was an Indonesian finance minister in the early days of Suharto's presidency. He also served as a minister during the final days of Indonesia's founding President Sukarno's rule in 1966. He is one of the most well-known figures from the eastern province of Nusa Tenggara Timur.

He served as plantation minister from 1964 to 1966, agriculture minister in 1966, finance minister from 1966 to 1968 and transportation minister from 1968 to 1973. Seda was a former chairman of the Indonesian Catholic Party and a senior advisor to the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Party.

• Star of Mahaputera (2nd Class) (Indonesian: Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana) (1973)

• Australia:
  • Honorary Member of the Order of Australia (AM) (1999)
• Belgium:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II (1970)
• Cambodia:
  • Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sahametrei (1968)
• Holy See:
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sylvester (1964)
• Netherlands:
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (1968)