| Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control | |
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| Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
| Style | The Honourable |
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| Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| Appointer | Governor-General of New Zealand |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 8 June 1987 |
| First holder | Russell Marshall |
| Salary | $288,900 [1] |
| Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
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The Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control was a minister in the government of New Zealand.
The portfolio was established after the declaration of the New Zealand nuclear-free zone and passage of the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987 (the Act) on 8 June 1987. As of 2020, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade believed that New Zealand was the only country to have a standalone disarmament portfolio. A briefing to the minister from that year stated that the purpose of the portfolio was to "provide leadership of New Zealand’s efforts to achieve progress on disarmament and non-proliferation, both in support of the global public good that these entail and as an important contribution to [New Zealand's] national interest." [2]
Under the Act, the Minister is the chair of the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control. They led the New Zealand Government's engagement on the New Agenda Coalition and the Stockholm Initiative for Nuclear Disarmament. [2]
The portfolio was disestablished in 2011 following the report of the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control. Responsibilities of the minister were incorporated into the foreign affairs portfolio. A separate disarmament and arms control portfolio was re-established in 2018 but no further appointment was made after the 2023 general election. [3]
From 2023, in lieu of the separate ministerial portfolio, government functions related to disarmament and arms control were delegated to the Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Todd McClay. [4]
The following ministers have held the office of Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control. [5]
Labour National Alliance NZ First
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russell Marshall |  | 8 June 1987 | 24 August 1989 | Lange | ||
| Palmer | |||||||
| 2 | Fran Wilde |  | 24 August 1989 | 2 November 1990 | |||
| Moore | |||||||
| 3 | Doug Graham |  | 2 November 1990 | 16 December 1996 | Bolger | ||
| 4 | Don McKinnon |  | 16 December 1996 | 10 December 1999 | |||
| Shipley | |||||||
| 5 | Matt Robson | | 10 December 1999 | 15 August 2002 | Clark | ||
| 6 | Marian Hobbs |  | 15 August 2002 | 12 October 2005 | |||
| 7 | Phil Goff |  | 12 October 2005 | 19 November 2008 | |||
| 8 | Georgina te Heuheu |  | 19 November 2008 | 14 December 2011 | Key | ||
| Office not in use | |||||||
| 9 | Winston Peters |  | 2 May 2018 | 6 November 2020 | Ardern | ||
| 10 | Phil Twyford |  | 6 November 2020 | 1 February 2023 | |||
| Hipkins | |||||||
| 11 | Nanaia Mahuta |  | 1 February 2023 | 11 November 2023 | |||
| 12 | Grant Robertson |  | 11 November 2023 | 27 November 2023 | |||
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