The Minister of Employment is a cabinet portfolio in New Zealand which was first established in 1931 and was in use until 1938 before being used in several separate increments. It was revived from 1946 to 1954 and was again reconstituted in 1984.
The current minister is Louise Upston.
List of ministers The following ministers have held the office of Minister of Employment.
Key
No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister 1 Gordon Coates 22 September 1931 20 January 1933 Forbes 2 Adam Hamilton 20 January 1933 26 July 1934 - Alexander Young 26 July 1934 8 April 1935 3 Sydney Smith 8 April 1935 6 December 1935 4 Tim Armstrong 6 December 1935 13 December 1938 Savage 5 Peter Fraser 28 March 1946 19 December 1946 Fraser 6 Angus McLagan 19 December 1946 13 December 1949 7 Bill Sullivan 13 December 1949 31 October 1954 Holland 8 Kerry Burke 26 July 1984 6 April 1987 Lange 9 Phil Goff 6 April 1987 14 August 1989 Palmer 10 Annette King 14 August 1989 2 November 1990 Moore 11 Maurice McTigue 2 November 1990 1 July 1993 Bolger 12 Denis Marshall 1 July 1993 2 March 1994 13 Wyatt Creech 2 March 1994 16 December 1996 14 Peter McCardle 16 December 1996 31 August 1998 Shipley 15 Roger Sowry 31 August 1998 10 December 1999 16 Steve Maharey 10 December 1999 19 October 2005 Clark 17 Ruth Dyson 19 October 2005 19 November 2008 18 Paula Bennett 19 November 2008 27 January 2010 Key 19 Steven Joyce 27 January 2010 20 December 2016 20 Paul Goldsmith 20 December 2016 26 October 2017 English 21 Willie Jackson 26 October 2017 6 November 2020 Ardern 22 Carmel Sepuloni 6 November 2020 27 November 2023 Hipkins
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