Minister for State Owned Enterprises

Minister for State Owned Enterprises
Minister for State Owned Enterprises
	Coat of Arms of New Zealand
	Flag of New Zealand
	Incumbent; Paul Goldsmith; since 27 November 2023
	State-owned enterprises of New Zealand
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of New Zealand; Executive Council;
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Richard Prebble
Formation	1 August 1987
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister for State Owned Enterprises is the minister in the New Zealand Government responsible for trading enterprises owned by the New Zealand Government (see State-owned enterprises of New Zealand), usually in conjunction with the minister responsible for the industry.

The post was established by the Fourth Labour Government from 1 April 1987.^[1] Some of the SOEs were formerly trading departments, like the New Zealand Post Office and the New Zealand Railways Department.

History

The following ministers have held the office of Minister for State Owned Enterprises.^[2]

Key

Labour National NZ First

	Name	Term of Office
1	Richard Prebble	1 August 1987	4 November 1988	Lange
2	David Lange	4 November 1988	8 November 1988
3	Stan Rodger	8 November 1988	9 February 1990
3	Stan Rodger	8 November 1988	9 February 1990	Palmer
(1)	Richard Prebble	9 February 1990	2 November 1990	Palmer
(1)	Richard Prebble	9 February 1990	2 November 1990	Moore
4	Doug Kidd	2 November 1990	3 October 1991	Bolger
5	Maurice McTigue	3 October 1991	27 March 1993
6	Wyatt Creech	27 March 1993	29 November 1993
7	Philip Burdon	29 November 1993	8 November 1996
8	Jenny Shipley	16 December 1996	8 December 1997
9	Tony Ryall	8 December 1997	10 December 1999	Shipley
10	Mark Burton	10 December 1999	20 December 2004	Clark
11	Paul Swain	20 December 2004	19 October 2005
12	Trevor Mallard	19 October 2005	19 November 2008
13	Simon Power	19 November 2008	13 April 2011	Key
(9)	Tony Ryall	13 April 2011	8 October 2014
14	Todd McClay^[3]	8 October 2014	26 October 2017
14	Todd McClay^[3]	8 October 2014	26 October 2017	English
15	Winston Peters	26 October 2017	6 November 2020	Ardern
16	David Clark	6 November 2020	1 February 2023	Ardern
16	David Clark	6 November 2020	1 February 2023	Hipkins
17	Duncan Webb	1 February 2023	27 November 2023	Hipkins
18	Paul Goldsmith	27 November 2023	present	Luxon

Notes

^ Wood 1996, p. 67.
^ Wood 1996, pp. 67, 69–71, 76, 80, 84.
^ "Ministerial List". DPMC. 14 December 2015.

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.

[FOOTNOTEWood199667-1] Wood 1996, p. 67.

[FOOTNOTEWood199667,_69–71,_76,_80,_84-2] Wood 1996, pp. 67, 69–71, 76, 80, 84.

[3] "Ministerial List". DPMC. 14 December 2015.

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