Winston Peters

Winston Raymond Peters  (born 11 April 1945) is a New Zealand politician who is the   Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2023. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2017 to 2020 and again from 2023 to 2025. He served under a coalition government alongside Jacinda Ardern upon the 2017 election. 

Peters led the populist New Zealand First party since 1993. He was a Member of Parliament from 2011 to 2020, having served from 1979 to 1981 and 1984 to 2008.

Peters was not in Parliament between 2020 and 2023. But, was re-elected in the 2023 general election, where his New Zealand First Party won 8 seats. Peters will be co-deputy prime minister from the swearing in of the 54th Parliament of New Zealand to the 31st of May 2025.

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