Minister for State Owned Enterprises

Minister for State Owned Enterprises
Coat of Arms of New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
Incumbent Simeon Brown since 24 January 2025
State-owned enterprises of New Zealand
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 His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Richard Prebble
Formation	1 August 1987
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

The Minister for State Owned Enterprises is the minister in the New Zealand Government responsible for trading enterprises owned by the New Zealand Government (see State-owned enterprises of New Zealand), usually in conjunction with the minister responsible for the industry.

The post was established by the Fourth Labour Government from 1 April 1987.^[1] Some of the SOEs were formerly trading departments, like the New Zealand Post Office and the New Zealand Railways Department.

History

The following ministers have held the office of Minister for State Owned Enterprises.^[2]

Key

  Labour   National   NZ First

No.		Name	Portrait	Term of Office		Prime Minister
	1	Richard Prebble		1 August 1987	4 November 1988		Lange
	2	David Lange		4 November 1988	8 November 1988
	3	Stan Rodger		8 November 1988	9 February 1990
							Palmer
	(1)	Richard Prebble		9 February 1990	2 November 1990
							Moore
	4	Doug Kidd		2 November 1990	3 October 1991		Bolger
	5	Maurice McTigue		3 October 1991	27 March 1993
	6	Wyatt Creech		27 March 1993	29 November 1993
	7	Philip Burdon		29 November 1993	8 November 1996
	8	Jenny Shipley		16 December 1996	8 December 1997
	9	Tony Ryall		8 December 1997	10 December 1999		Shipley
	10	Mark Burton		10 December 1999	20 December 2004		Clark
	11	Paul Swain		20 December 2004	19 October 2005
	12	Trevor Mallard		19 October 2005	19 November 2008
	13	Simon Power		19 November 2008	13 April 2011		Key
	(9)	Tony Ryall		13 April 2011	8 October 2014
	14	Todd McClay[3]		8 October 2014	26 October 2017
							English
	15	Winston Peters		26 October 2017	6 November 2020		Ardern
	16	David Clark		6 November 2020	1 February 2023
							Hipkins
	17	Duncan Webb		1 February 2023	27 November 2023
	18	Paul Goldsmith		27 November 2023	24 January 2025		Luxon
	19	Simeon Brown		24 January 2025	present

Notes

1. Wood 1996, p. 67.
2. Wood 1996, pp. 67, 69–71, 76, 80, 84.
3. "Ministerial List". DPMC. 14 December 2015.

References

• Wood, G. A. (1996) [1987]. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament (2 ed.). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. ISBN 1-877133-00-0.