Minister of National Security and Intelligence (New Zealand)

The Minister of National Security and Intelligence is a minister in the government of New Zealand who is responsible for leading and setting the policies and legislative framework of New Zealand's national security system. Some of the Minister's other known responsibilities include chairing the Cabinet National Security Committee and the Intelligence and Security Committee.[1][2]

This portfolio was created by the Second National Government (as Minister of New Zealand Security and Intelligence Service) in September 1969 and has been held since its creation by the Prime Minister.[3] As of 2017, the ministerial position has been held by the Prime Minister in all governments.

List of Ministers
Key

  National   Labour

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
1 Keith Holyoake 1 September 1969 9 February 1972 Holyoake
2 Jack Marshall 9 February 1972 8 December 1972 Marshall
3 Norman Kirk 8 December 1972 31 August 1974 Kirk
4 Bill Rowling 6 September 1974 12 December 1975 Rowling
5 Robert Muldoon 12 December 1975 26 July 1984 Muldoon
6 David Lange 26 July 1984 8 August 1989 Lange
7 Geoffrey Palmer 8 August 1989 4 September 1990 Palmer
8 Mike Moore 4 September 1990 2 November 1990 Moore
9 Jim Bolger 4 September 1990 8 December 1997 Bolger
10 Jenny Shipley 8 December 1997 10 December 1999 Shipley
11 Helen Clark 10 December 1999 19 November 2008 Clark
12 John Key 19 November 2008 12 December 2016 Key
13 Bill English 12 December 2016 26 October 2017 English
14 Jacinda Ardern 26 October 2017 Incumbent Ardern

Notes
  1. "National Security and Intelligence role created". Scoop Media. New Zealand. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  2. "Outline of security portfolio responsibilities" (PDF). Scoop Media. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  3. Wilson 1985, pp. 126.

References
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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