Minister of Police (New Zealand)

New Zealand political office

The Minister of Police is the minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the New Zealand Police.

The current officeholder is Mark Mitchell.

History

Initially responsibility for the police force had rested with the Minister of Defence but was instead allocated to the Minister of Justice in 1896.^[2] The minister responsible for police was, for the most part, the holder of either aforementioned office until it was later split into a separate full ministerial portfolio in 1969.

List of Police Ministers

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

Key

  Liberal  Reform  United  Labour  National  NZ First  Mauri Pacific

Notes

1. "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
2. "The Cabinet". The Star. No. 5498. 25 February 1896. p. 3.
3. Wilson 1985, pp. 89–97, 127.

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 Police