Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control

The Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control was a minister in the government of New Zealand.

Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation8 June 1987
First holderRussell Marshall
Salary$288,900[1]
Websitewww.beehive.govt.nz

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

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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
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

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Notes

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  1. ^ https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Ministerial portfolio changes". Beehive.govt.nz. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. ^ Wood 1996.

References

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  • 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.
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