Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control
Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control | |
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
Style | The Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
Appointer | Governor-General of New Zealand |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 8 June 1987 |
First holder | Russell Marshall |
Salary | $288,900[1] |
Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
New Zealand portal |
The Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control was a minister in the government of New Zealand.
The portfolio was established after the declaration of the New Zealand nuclear-free zone and passing of the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987 on 8 June 1987. It was disestablished in 2011 following the report of the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control. In 2018 the portfolio was re-established.[2]
The Last Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control was Grant Robertson, a member of the Labour Party.[3]
List of ministers
[edit]The following ministers have held the office of Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control.[4]
- Key
Labour National Alliance NZ First
No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Prime Minister | |||
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1 | Russell Marshall | 8 June 1987 | 24 August 1989 | Lange | |||
Palmer | |||||||
2 | Fran Wilde | 24 August 1989 | 2 November 1990 | ||||
Moore | |||||||
3 | Doug Graham | 2 November 1990 | 16 December 1996 | Bolger | |||
4 | Don McKinnon | 16 December 1996 | 10 December 1999 | ||||
Shipley | |||||||
5 | Matt Robson | 10 December 1999 | 15 August 2002 | Clark | |||
6 | Marian Hobbs | 15 August 2002 | 12 October 2005 | ||||
7 | Phil Goff | 12 October 2005 | 19 November 2008 | ||||
8 | Georgina te Heuheu | 19 November 2008 | 14 December 2011 | Key | |||
office not in use | |||||||
9 | Winston Peters | 2 May 2018 | 6 November 2020 | Ardern | |||
10 | Phil Twyford | 6 November 2020 | 1 February 2023 | ||||
Hipkins | |||||||
11 | Nanaia Mahuta | 1 February 2023 | 11 November 2023 | ||||
12 | Grant Robertson | 11 November 2023 | 27 November 2023 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Ministerial portfolio changes". Beehive.govt.nz. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Wood 1996.
References
[edit]- Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.