# Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (Northern Territory)

The Northern Territory Minister for Aboriginal Affairs is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory. The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of the Chief Minister.
The Minister is responsible for Aboriginal affairs policy and coordination and the Office of Aboriginal Affairs.
The current minister is Selena Uibo (Labor). She was sworn in on 31 January 2019 following the dismissal of Ken Vowles on 21 December 2018 for breaking Cabinet confidentiality.

## List of ministers for Aboriginal affairs

| Minister | Minister | Party | Term | Ministerial title |
| | Stephen Hatton | Country Liberal | 30 November 1992 – 30 June 1995 | Minister for Aboriginal Development |
| | Daryl Manzie | Country Liberal | 1 July 1995 – 20 June 1996 | Minister for Aboriginal Development |
| | Mick Palmer | Country Liberal | 21 June 1996 – 14 September 1997 | Minister for Aboriginal Development |
| | Tim Baldwin | Country Liberal | 15 September 1997 – 8 February 1999 | Minister for Aboriginal Development |
| | Loraine Braham | Country Liberal | 9 February 1999 – 26 November 2000 | Minister for Aboriginal Development |
| | Peter Adamson | Country Liberal | 26 November 2000 – 26 August 2001 | Minister for Aboriginal Development |
| | Syd Stirling | Labor | 27 August 2001 – 12 November 2001 | Minister for Indigenous Affairs |
| | Clare Martin | Labor | 13 November 2001 – 31 August 2006 | Minister for Indigenous Affairs |
| | Clare Martin | Labor | 1 September 2006 – 25 November 2007 | Minister for Indigenous Policy |
| | Paul Henderson | Labor | 26 November 2007 – 29 November 2007 | Minister for Indigenous Policy |
| | Marion Scrymgour | Labor | 30 November 2007 – 8 February 2009 | Minister for Indigenous Policy |
| | Alison Anderson | Labor | 9 February 2009 – 5 August 2009 | Minister for Indigenous Policy |
| | Malarndirri McCarthy | Labor | 6 August 2009 – 3 December 2009 | Minister for Indigenous Policy |
| | Malarndirri McCarthy | Labor | 4 December 2009 – 28 August 2012 | Minister for Indigenous Development |
| | Terry Mills | Country Liberal | 29 August 2012 – 3 September 2012 | Minister for Indigenous Development |
| | Alison Anderson | Country Liberal | 4 September 2012 – 13 March 2013 | Minister for Indigenous Advancement |
| 14 March 2013 – 10 February 2015: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers |||||
| | Adam Giles | Country Liberal | 11 February 2015 – 27 August 2016 | Minister for Indigenous Affairs |
| | Michael Gunner | Labor | 31 August 2016 – 11 September 2016 | Minister for Indigenous Affairs |
| | Michael Gunner | Labor | 12 September 2016 – 26 June 2018 | Minister for Aboriginal Affairs |
| | Ken Vowles | Labor | 26 June 2018 – 21 December 2018 | Minister for Aboriginal Affairs |
| | Selena Uibo | Labor | 31 January 2019 – current | Minister for Aboriginal Affairs |

## Former posts
### Minister Assisting the Chief Minister

| Minister | Minister | Party | Term | Ministerial title |
| | Terry McCarthy | CLP | 4 September 1989 – 12 November 1990 | Minister Assisting the Chief Minister on Aboriginal Affairs |
| 13 November 1990 – 12 November 2001: no assistant minister |||||
| | Jack Ah Kit | Labor | 13 November 2001 – 23 June 2005 | Minister Assisting the Chief Minister on Indigenous Affairs |
| | Paul Henderson | Labor | 24 June 2005 – 10 July 2005 | Minister Assisting the Chief Minister on Indigenous Affairs |
| | Elliot McAdam | Labor | 11 July 2005 – 29 November 2007 | Minister Assisting the Chief Minister on Indigenous Affairs |