Minister for State Owned Enterprises

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Minister for State Owned Enterprises
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Incumbent
Simeon Brown
since 24 January 2025
State-owned enterprises of New Zealand
Style The Honourable
Member of
Reports to Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder Richard Prebble
Formation1 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.

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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

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
1 Richard Prebble Richard Prebble, 1993 (cropped).jpg 1 August 19874 November 1988 Lange
2 David Lange David Lange (cropped).jpg 4 November 19888 November 1988
3 Stan Rodger Stan Rodger, 1970.jpg 8 November 19889 February 1990
Palmer
(1) Richard Prebble Richard Prebble, 1993 (cropped).jpg 9 February 19902 November 1990
Moore
4 Doug Kidd Doug Kidd 2014 (cropped).jpg 2 November 19903 October 1991 Bolger
5 Maurice McTigue No image.png 3 October 199127 March 1993
6 Wyatt Creech Wyatt Creech, 1998.jpg 27 March 199329 November 1993
7 Philip Burdon Philip Burdon.jpg 29 November 19938 November 1996
8 Jenny Shipley Jenny Shipley 2013 (crop).jpg 16 December 19968 December 1997
9 Tony Ryall Tony Ryall.jpg 8 December 199710 December 1999 Shipley
10 Mark Burton Mark Burton.jpg 10 December 199920 December 2004 Clark
11 Paul Swain Paul Swain, 2020.jpg 20 December 200419 October 2005
12 Trevor Mallard Trevor Mallard 2 (cropped).jpg 19 October 200519 November 2008
13 Simon Power Simon Power (cropped).jpg 19 November 200813 April 2011 Key
(9) Tony Ryall Tony Ryall.jpg 13 April 20118 October 2014
14 Todd McClay [3] Todd McClay.jpg 8 October 201426 October 2017
English
15 Winston Peters Winston Peters, 2019.jpg 26 October 20176 November 2020 Ardern
16 David Clark Hon Dr David Clark.jpg 6 November 20201 February 2023
Hipkins
17 Duncan Webb Dr Duncan Webb.jpg 1 February 202327 November 2023
18 Paul Goldsmith Paul Goldsmith (cropped).png 27 November 202324 January 2025 Luxon
19 Simeon Brown Simeon Brown (cropped).png 24 January 2025present

Notes

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

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