Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand

The Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand () is the second-most senior minister in the Government of New Zealand, although this seniority does not necessarily translate into power. The office was created as a ministerial portfolio in 1954. The officeholder usually deputises for the prime minister at official functions. 

The current Deputy Prime Minister is David Seymour since 2025.

List of deputy prime ministers of New Zealand
Key

No.NamePortraitConcurrent portfolio(s)Term of officePrime Minister 1 Keith Holyoake 75px Minister of Agriculture 13 November 1954 20 September 1957 Holland 2 Jack Marshall 75px Attorney-GeneralMinister of Justice 20 September 1957 12 December 1957 Holyoake 3 Jerry Skinner 75px Minister of AgricultureMinister of Lands 12 December 1957 12 December 1960 Nash (2) Jack Marshall 75px Minister of Overseas TradeMinister of Industries and CommerceMinister of LabourMinister of Immigration 12 December 1960 9 February 1972 Holyoake 4 Robert Muldoon 75px Minister of FinanceMinister of Statistics 9 February 1972 8 December 1972 Marshall 5 Hugh Watt 75px Minister of LabourMinister of Works 8 December 1972 1 September 1974 Kirk 6 Bob Tizard 75px Minister of Finance 10 September 1974 12 December 1975 Rowling 7 Brian Talboys 75px Minister of Foreign AffairsMinister of Overseas Trade 12 December 1975 4 March 1981Muldoon 8 Duncan MacIntyre 75px Minister of Agriculture 4 March 1981 15 March 1984 9 Jim McLay 75px Attorney-GeneralMinister of Justice 15 March 1984 26 July 1984 10 Geoffrey Palmer 75px Attorney-GeneralMinister of Justice 26 July 1984 8 August 1989 Lange11Helen Clark75pxMinister of LabourMinister of Health8 August 19892 November 1990 Palmer Moore 12 Don McKinnon 75px Minister of Foreign AffairsMinister of Overseas Trade 2 November 1990 16 December 1996Bolger13Winston Peters75pxTreasurer16 December 199614 August 1998Shipley 14 Wyatt Creech  Minister of EducationMinister of Health 14 August 1998 10 December 1999 15 Jim Anderton 75px Minister of Economic DevelopmentMinister of Customs 10 December 1999 15 August 2002Clark 16 Michael Cullen 75px Minister of FinanceTreasurerLeader of the House 15 August 2002 19 November 2008 17 Bill English 75px Minister of FinanceMinister for Infrastructure 19 November 2008 12 December 2016 Key 18 Paula Bennett 75px Minister of State ServicesMinister of PoliceMinister of Tourism 12 December 2016 26 October 2017 English (13) Winston Peters 75px Minister of Foreign AffairsMinister for State Owned EnterprisesMinister of Racing 26 October 2017 6 November 2020Ardern 19 Grant Robertson 75px Minister of FinanceMinister for InfrastructureMinister of RacingMinister for Sport and Recreation 6 November 2020 25 January 2023 20 Carmel Sepuloni 75px Minister for Social DevelopmentMinister for ACCMinister for Arts, Culture and Heritage 25 January 2023 27 November 2023 Hipkins (13) Winston Peters 75px Minister of Foreign AffairsMinister for State Owned EnterprisesMinister of Racing 27 November 2023 31 May 2025Luxon

Living former deputy prime ministers
As of , there are nine living former New Zealand deputy prime ministers, as seen below. The most recent Deputy Prime Minister to die was Michael Cullen (served 2002–2008), on 19 August 2021, aged 76.

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