Minister of Consumer Affairs (New Zealand)

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The Minister of Consumer Affairs was a minister in the government of New Zealand with the responsibilities including corporate law and governance, financial markets, competition policy, consumer policy, protecting intellectual property, and trade policy and international regulatory cooperation, most of which is now administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The position was established in 1984 and was absorbed into the office of Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs after the 2014 general election.

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List of ministers

The following ministers held the office of Minister of Consumer Affairs. [1]

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   Labour    National    NZ First    Independent    Alliance    ACT

No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
1 Margaret Shields Margaret Shields DCNZM (cropped).jpg 24 August 19872 November 1990 Lange
Palmer
Moore
2 Katherine O'Regan No image.png 2 November 199016 December 1996 Bolger
3 Robyn McDonald No image.png 16 December 199631 August 1998
Shipley
4 Peter McCardle Peter McCardle.jpg 31 August 199810 December 1999
5 Phillida Bunkle Phillida Bunkle cropped.jpg 10 December 199923 February 2001 Clark
- Jim Anderton
Acting Minister
Jim Anderton, 2010.jpg 23 February 200115 August 2002
6 Judith Tizard JudithTizard (cropped).jpg 15 August 200219 November 2008
7 Heather Roy Heather Roy.jpg 19 November 200817 August 2010 Key
8 John Boscawen John Boscawen (cropped).jpg 17 August 20103 May 2011
9 Simon Power Simon Power (cropped).jpg 4 May 201114 December 2011
10 Chris Tremain Chris Tremain.jpg 14 December 20112 April 2012
11 Simon Bridges Simon-Bridges-Free-Crop.jpg 3 April 201230 January 2013
12 Craig Foss 30 January 20136 October 2014

See also

Notes

  1. Wilson 1985, pp. 98.

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