Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | |
Style | The Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
Appointer | Governor-General of New Zealand |
Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 13 November 1954 |
First holder | Sir Keith Holyoake |
Salary | $334,734 (NZD)[1] |
Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
The Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (Māori: Te Pirimia Tuarua o Aotearoa) is the second-most senior minister in the Government of New Zealand, although this seniority does not necessarily translate into power. The office was created as a ministerial portfolio in 1954. The officeholder usually deputises for the prime minister at official functions.
The current Deputy Prime Minister is Grant Robertson since 2020
List of Deputy Prime Ministers of New Zealand[change | change source]
- Key
Labour National NZ First Alliance
Living former Deputy Prime Ministers[change | change source]
As of January 2021, there are nine living former New Zealand Deputy Prime Ministers, as seen below. The most recent Deputy Prime Minister to die was Jim Anderton (served 1999–2002), on 7 January 2018, aged 79.[2]
- Living former Deputy Prime Ministers of New Zealand
Sir Jim McLay
served 1984
born 1945 (age 75)Sir Geoffrey Palmer
served 1984–1989
born 1942 (age 78)Helen Clark
served 1989–1990
born 1950 (age 70)Sir Don McKinnon
served 1990–1996
born 1939 (age 81)Winston Peters
served 1996–1998;
2017–2020
born 1945 (age 75)Wyatt Creech
served 1998–1999
born 1946 (age 74)Sir Michael Cullen
served 2002–2008
born 1945 (age 75)Sir Bill English
served 2008–2016
born 1961 (age 59)Paula Bennett
served 2016–2017
born 1969 (age 51)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2017" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ↑ "Jim Anderton dies aged 79". newshub.co.nz. January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.