Minister of Trade (New Zealand)

Coat of arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
Incumbent Hon Damien O'Connor since 26 October 2017
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of New Zealand Executive Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation	1960
First holder	Jack Marshall as Minister of Overseas Trade
Salary	$288,900[1]
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister of Trade in New Zealand is a senior Minister within the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister. The current Minister of Trade is Damien O'Connor.^[2]

List of ministers[]

The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Trade.^[3]

Key

  National   Labour

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	Jack Marshall		12 December 1960	9 February 1972		Holyoake
	2	Brian Talboys		9 February 1972	7 November 1972		Marshall
	3	Joe Walding		8 December 1972	12 December 1975		Kirk
							Rowling
	(2)	Brian Talboys		12 December 1975	11 December 1981		Muldoon
	4	Warren Cooper		11 December 1981	26 July 1984
	5	Mike Moore		26 July 1984	2 November 1990		Lange
							Palmer
							Moore
	6	Don McKinnon		2 November 1990	16 December 1996		Bolger
	7	Lockwood Smith		16 December 1996	10 December 1999
							Shipley
	8	Jim Sutton		10 December 1999	19 October 2005		Clark
	9	Phil Goff		19 October 2005	19 November 2008
	10	Tim Groser		19 November 2008	14 December 2015		Key
	11	Todd McClay		14 December 2015	26 October 2017
							English
	12	David Parker		26 October 2017	6 November 2020		Ardern
	13	Damien O'Connor		6 November 2020	present

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.

External links[]

• New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade