The Minister for Biosecurity is a minister in the New Zealand Government with the responsibility of managing biosecurity.
The current Minister for Biosecurity is Andrew Hoggard.
History The portfolio was created after the 1996 general election. Previously, biosecurity matters had been under the purview of the Minister of Agriculture; it was John Falloon, acting in that portfolio, who had been responsible for the passage of the Biosecurity Act 1993. Briefly from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2011 to 2017, the portfolio was consolidated with other primary industries portfolios, first as the Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control and latterly as the Minister for Primary Industries.
List of ministers for biosecurity The following ministers have held the office of Minister for Biosecurity.
+Color key (for political parties) No.NamePortraitTerm of officePrime Minister1Simon Upton16 December 19968 December 1997Bolger2John Luxton8 December 199710 December 1999Shipley3Marian Hobbs10 December 199923 February 2001Clark4Jim Sutton28 March 200119 October 20055Jim Anderton19 October 200519 November 20086David Carter19 November 200814 November 2011KeyOffice not in use: See Minister for Primary Industries7Damien O'Connor26 October 201727 November 2023ArdernHipkins8Andrew Hoggard27 November 2023IncumbentLuxon
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