Priyanca Radhakrishnan

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New Zealand Parliament
The Honourable
Priyanca Radhakrishnan
MP
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Radhakrishnan in 2023
Minister for Disability Issues
In office
1 February 2023 –27 November 2023
YearsTermElectorateListParty
2017 –2020 52nd List12 Labour
2020 –2023 53rd Maungakiekie 31 Labour
2023 –present 54th List15 Labour

At the 2014 election, Radhakrishnan was ranked number 23 on the Labour Party list, the highest newcomer, but narrowly missed out on election due to a drop in Labour's party vote that year. [8] In October 2016, Radhakrishnan was selected as Labour's candidate for the electorate of Maungakiekie for the 2017 election. [9] She was also ranked number 12 on Labour's list, making her the highest-ranked Labour member not already an MP and a significant increase from her ranking three years earlier. [10]

Radhakrishnan did not win the electorate, but entered parliament via the Party list. [11]

Radhakrishnan was mugged in broad daylight in an Auckland street after returning from a visit to Bangladesh. [12]

Following a cabinet reshuffle on 27 June 2019, Radhakrishnan was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary for Ethnic Affairs. [13]

During the 2020 New Zealand general election held on 17 October, Radhakrishnan on preliminary results came second to National MP Denise Lee by a margin of 580 votes in the Maungakiekie electorate, [14] but was returned to Parliament on the Labour Party list. The final election results saw Radhakrishnan defeat Lee by 635 votes and become MP for Maungakiekie. [15] [16]

On 2 November 2020, Radhakrishnan was appointed as Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities, Minister for Youth and Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment, [17] making her New Zealand's first Minister of Indian origin. [18]

In a June 2022 reshuffle, Radhakrishnan was promoted to the cabinet as well as appointed as associate Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. [19]

During the 2023 New Zealand general election on 14 October, Radhakrishnan was unseated in Maungakiekie by National candidate Greg Fleming by a margin of 4,617. [20] However, she was re-elected to Parliament on the Labour Party list. [21]

In late November 2023, Radhakrishnan was appointed as spokesperson for conservation, disability issues, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS), and the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) in the Shadow Cabinet of Chris Hipkins. [22]

Honours and awards

In January 2021, Radhakrishnan was conferred a Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award for public service, by the Indian president in a virtual ceremony. [23] On 5 December 2023, Radhakrishnan was granted retention of the title The Honourable , in recognition of her term as a member of the Executive Council. [24]

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