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Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control
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since 6 November 2020
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StyleThe Honourable
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Reports toPrime Minister of New Zealand
AppointerGovernor-General of New Zealand
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation8 June 1987
First holderRussell Marshall
Salary$288,900[1]
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The Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control is 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 present Minister is Phil Twyford, a member of the Labour Party.[3]

List of Ministers

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
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 1 Russell Marshall 8 June 1987 24 August 1989 width=1 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| Lange
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 2 Fran Wilde 24 August 1989 2 November 1990 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| Palmer
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| Moore
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| 3 Doug Graham 2 November 1990 16 December 1996 rowspan="2" style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| Bolger
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| 4 Don McKinnon 16 December 1996 10 December 1999
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| Shipley
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Alliance (New Zealand political party)/meta/color"| 5 Matt Robson 10 December 1999 15 August 2002 rowspan=3 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| Clark
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 6 Marian Hobbs 15 August 2002 12 October 2005
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 7 Phil Goff 12 October 2005 19 November 2008
style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| 8 Georgina te Heuheu 19 November 2008 14 December 2011 style="background:Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color"| Key
office not in use
style="background:Template:New Zealand First/meta/color"| 9 Winston Peters 2 May 2018 6 November 2020 style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| Ardern
style="background:Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color"| 10 Phil Twyford 6 November 2020 present

See also

Notes

  1. ^ https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.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

  • 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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