The Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control was a minister in the government of New Zealand.
| Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control | |
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| Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | |
| 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 |
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]
The following ministers have held the office of Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control.[4]
Labour National Alliance NZ First
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Prime Minister | |||
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| 1 | Russell Marshall | 
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8 June 1987 | 24 August 1989 | Lange | ||
| Palmer | |||||||
| 2 | Fran Wilde | 
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24 August 1989 | 2 November 1990 | |||
| Moore | |||||||
| 3 | Doug Graham | 
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2 November 1990 | 16 December 1996 | Bolger | ||
| 4 | Don McKinnon | 
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16 December 1996 | 10 December 1999 | |||
| Shipley | |||||||
| 5 | Matt Robson |
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10 December 1999 | 15 August 2002 | Clark | ||
| 6 | Marian Hobbs | 
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15 August 2002 | 12 October 2005 | |||
| 7 | Phil Goff | 
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12 October 2005 | 19 November 2008 | |||
| 8 | Georgina te Heuheu | 
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19 November 2008 | 14 December 2011 | Key | ||
| office not in use | |||||||
| 9 | Winston Peters | 
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2 May 2018 | 6 November 2020 | Ardern | ||
| 10 | Phil Twyford | 
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6 November 2020 | 1 February 2023 | |||
| Hipkins | |||||||
| 11 | Nanaia Mahuta | 
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1 February 2023 | 11 November 2023 | |||
| 12 | Grant Robertson | 
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11 November 2023 | 27 November 2023 | |||