relations predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp nationality party primeminister birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
annette king -lrb- cousin -rrb- michael wilkinson helen clark cullen '' position established '' michael cullen kate maggie barry new zealand wellington national party list new zealand national party john key key john key john key john key john 1956 43rd and intelligence minister for treaty of waitangi negotiations minister of attorney-general labour minister for arts , culture and heritage of new zealand minister for national security 19 5 november 2012 19 november 2008 2005 november 2008 13 october 2014 19 november 2008 chris_finlayson-net_hui_2011 . jpg chris finlayson
 13 october 2014 chris finlayson
chris finlayson

christopher francis `` chris '' finlayson -lrb- born 1956 -rrb- is a new zealand lawyer , politician and member of parliament , representing the national party .
he is a cabinet minister and the attorney-general of new zealand .
he holds the ministerial portfolios of minister for treaty of waitangi negotiations , and on 6 october 2014 , finlayson also assumed responsibility for the ministerial portfolios of minister responsible for the government communications security bureau and the minister in charge of the new zealand security intelligence service , the country 's two main intelligence agencies .
