Winston Peters

The Right Honourable

Winston Peters

MP
The Right Honourable; Winston Peters; MP
	Peters in 2024
13th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 November 2023
Prime Minister	Christopher Luxon
Governor-General	Cindy Kiro
Preceded by	Carmel Sepuloni
	In office; 26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020
Prime Minister	Jacinda Ardern
Governor-General	Patsy Reddy
Preceded by	Paula Bennett
Succeeded by	Grant Robertson
	In office; 16 December 1996 – 14 August 1998
Prime Minister	Jim Bolger; Jenny Shipley
Governor-General	Michael Hardie Boys
Preceded by	Don McKinnon
Succeeded by	Wyatt Creech
25th Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 November 2023
Prime Minister	Christopher Luxon
Preceded by	Grant Robertson
	In office; 26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020
Prime Minister	Jacinda Ardern
Preceded by	Gerry Brownlee
Succeeded by	Nanaia Mahuta
	In office; 19 October 2005 – 29 August 2008
Prime Minister	Helen Clark
Preceded by	Phil Goff
Succeeded by	Murray McCully
Leader of New Zealand First
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 July 1993
President	Doug Woolerton; Dail Jones; George Groombridge; Kevin Gardener; Anne Martin; Brent Catchpole
Deputy	Tau Henare; Peter Brown; Tracey Martin; Ron Mark; Fletcher Tabuteau
Preceded by	Office established
1st Treasurer of New Zealand
	In office; 16 December 1996 – 14 August 1998
Prime Minister	Jim Bolger; Jenny Shipley
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Bill Birch
35th Minister of Māori Affairs
	In office; 2 November 1990 – 1 October 1991
Prime Minister	Jim Bolger
Preceded by	Koro Wētere
Succeeded by	Doug Kidd
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 October 2023
Constituency	New Zealand First List
	In office; 23 September 2017 – 17 October 2020
Constituency	New Zealand First List
	In office; 28 March 2015 – 23 September 2017
Preceded by	Mike Sabin
Succeeded by	Matt King
	In office; 26 November 2011 – 28 March 2015
Constituency	New Zealand First List
	In office; 17 September 2005 – 3 October 2008
Constituency	New Zealand First List
	In office; 17 July 1984 – 17 September 2005
Preceded by	Keith Allen
Succeeded by	Bob Clarkson
Constituency	Tauranga
	In office; 24 May 1979 – 28 November 1981
Preceded by	Malcolm Douglas
Succeeded by	Colin Moyle
Constituency	Hunua
Personal details
Born	Wynston Raymond Peters; 11 April 1945 (age 79); Whangarei, New Zealand
Political party	National (Before 1993); New Zealand First (1993–present)
Spouse(s)	Louise (m. 1973; sep. 1995)
Children	2
Relatives	Jim (Brother); Ian (Brother)
Alma mater	University of Auckland
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Winston Raymond Peters PC (born 11 April 1945) is a New Zealand politician who is the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand and Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2023. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2017 to 2020. He serves under a coalition government alongside Jacinda Ardern upon the 2017 election.

Peters led the populist New Zealand First party since 1993. He was a Member of Parliament from 2011 to 2020, having served from 1979 to 1981 and 1984 to 2008.^[3]

Peters was not in Parliament between 2020 and 2023. But, was re-elected in the 2023 general election, where his New Zealand First Party won 8 seats. Peters will be co-deputy prime minister from the swearing in of the 54th Parliament of New Zealand to the 31st of May 2025.

References

↑ Cooke, Henry (6 October 2017). "A brief history of Winston Raymond Peters". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
↑ Wall, Tony (12 May 2010). "Winston: The comeback king". Sunday Star-Times.
↑ Bale, Tim; Blomgren, Magnus (2008). Close but no cigar?: Newly governing and nearly governing parties in Sweden and New Zealand. Routledge. p. 94. ISBN 9780415404990. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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[Cooke-1] Cooke, Henry (6 October 2017). "A brief history of Winston Raymond Peters". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[2] Wall, Tony (12 May 2010). "Winston: The comeback king". Sunday Star-Times.

[3] Bale, Tim; Blomgren, Magnus (2008). Close but no cigar?: Newly governing and nearly governing parties in Sweden and New Zealand. Routledge. p. 94. ISBN 9780415404990. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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