Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control
The Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control is a minister in the government of New Zealand.
| Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control | |
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| Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
| Style | The Honourable |
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| Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| Appointer | Governor-General of New Zealand |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 8 June 1987 |
| First holder | Russell Marshall |
| Salary | $288,900[1] |
| Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | present | |||
Notes
- https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.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
- 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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