Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control explained

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 passing of the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987 on 8 June 1987. It was disestablished in 2011 following the report of the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control. In 2018 the portfolio was re-established.^[2]

The Last Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control was Grant Robertson, a member of the Labour Party.^[3]

List of ministers

The following ministers have held the office of Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control.

Key

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of office		Prime Minister
height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		1	Russell Marshall		8 June 1987	24 August 1989		Lange
height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"								Palmer
height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		2	Fran Wilde		24 August 1989	2 November 1990
height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"							width=1 style="color:inherit;background:"		Moore
	3	Doug Graham		2 November 1990	16 December 1996		Bolger
height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		4	Don McKinnon		16 December 1996			10 December 1999
height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"							Shipley
height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		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
height=70 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"		10	Phil Twyford		6 November 2020	1 February 2023
height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"								Hipkins
	11	Nanaia Mahuta		1 February 2023	11 November 2023
	12	Grant Robertson		11 November 2023	27 November 2023

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand)
• Arms control
• Nuclear disarmament

References

• Book: Wood, G. A. . Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament . 2 . 1987 . 1996 . University of Otago Press . Dunedin . 1-877133-00-0 .

External links

• New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Notes and References

1. https://www.parliament.nz/media/3151/parliamentary-salaries-and-allowances-determination-2016.pdf
2. Web site: Ministerial portfolio changes . Beehive.govt.nz . New Zealand Government . 12 January 2021.
3. Web site: Ministerial List. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 November 2020.