Minister of National Security and Intelligence (New Zealand)

The Minister of National Security and Intelligence is a minister in the government of New Zealand who is responsible for leading and setting the policies and legislative framework of New Zealand's national security system. Some of the Minister's other known responsibilities include chairing the Cabinet National Security Committee and the Intelligence and Security Committee.^[1][2]

This portfolio was created by the Second National Government (as Minister of New Zealand Security and Intelligence Service) in September 1969 and has been held since its creation by the Prime Minister.^[3] As of 2017, the ministerial position has been held by the Prime Minister in all governments.

List of Ministers[]

Key

  National   Labour

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	Keith Holyoake		1 September 1969	9 February 1972		Holyoake
	2	Jack Marshall		9 February 1972	8 December 1972		Marshall
	3	Norman Kirk		8 December 1972	31 August 1974		Kirk
	4	Bill Rowling		6 September 1974	12 December 1975		Rowling
	5	Robert Muldoon		12 December 1975	26 July 1984		Muldoon
	6	David Lange		26 July 1984	8 August 1989		Lange
	7	Geoffrey Palmer		8 August 1989	4 September 1990		Palmer
	8	Mike Moore		4 September 1990	2 November 1990		Moore
	9	Jim Bolger		4 September 1990	8 December 1997		Bolger
	10	Jenny Shipley		8 December 1997	10 December 1999		Shipley
	11	Helen Clark		10 December 1999	19 November 2008		Clark
	12	John Key		19 November 2008	12 December 2016		Key
	13	Bill English		12 December 2016	26 October 2017		English
	14	Jacinda Ardern		26 October 2017	Incumbent		Ardern

Notes[]

References[]

• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.