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Note: the British Monarch is the head of the State and is represented by a Governor-General.
Parties: Alliance; NP: National Party; NZF: New Zealand First Party; NZLP: New Zealand Labour Party
 Prime Ministers
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Peter Fraser 1 Apr 1940 - 13 Dec 1949 (+1950) NZLP Sidney George Holland 13 Dec 1949 - 20 Sep 1957 (+1961) NP Keith Jacka Holyoake 20 Sep 1957 - 12 Dec 1957 (+1983) NP Walter Nash 12 Dec 1957 - 26 Nov 1960 (+1968) NZLP Keith Jacka Holyoake 26 Nov 1960 - 7 Feb 1972 (+1983) NP John (Jack) Ross Marshall 7 Feb 1972 - 8 Dec 1972 (+1988) NP Norman Eric Kirk 8 Dec 1972 - 31 Aug 1974 (+) NZLP Hugh Watt 1 Sep 1974 - 6 Sep 1974 (+1980) NZLP (acting) Wallace (Bill) Edward Rowling 6 Sep 1974 - 12 Dec 1975 (+1995) NZLP Robert David Muldoon 12 Dec 1975 - 26 Jul 1984 (+1992) NP David Russel Lange 26 Jul 1984 - 8 Aug 1989 (+2005) NZLP Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer 8 Aug 1989 - 4 Sep 1990 NZLP Michael (Mike) Kenneth Moore 4 Sep 1990 - 27 Oct 1990 NZLP James (Jim) Brendan Bolger 27 Oct 1990 - 8 Dec 1997 NP Jennifer (Jenny) Mary Shipley 8 Dec 1997 - 10 Dec 1999 NP Helen Elizabeth Clark 10 Dec 1999 - 19 Nov 2008 NZLP John Phillip Key 19 Nov 2008 - NP |
| Governors-General
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Cyril Louis Norton Newall 22 Feb 1941 - 19 Apr 1946 (+1963) Michael Myers 19 Apr 1946 - 17 Jun 1946 (+1950) (acting) Bernard Cyril Freyberg 17 Jun 1946 - 15 Aug 1952 (+1963) Humphrey Francis O'Leary 15 Aug 1952 - 2 Dec 1952 (+1953) (acting) Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie 2 Dec 1952 - 25 Jul 1957 (+1977) Harold Eric Barrowclough 25 Jul 1957 - 5 Sep 1957 (+1972) (acting) Charles John Lyttelton 5 Sep 1957 - 13 Sep 1962 (+1977) Harold Eric Barrowclough 13 Sep 1962 - 9 Nov 1962 (+1972) (acting) Bernard Fergusson 9 Nov 1962 - 20 Oct 1967 (+1980) Herbert Richard Churton Wild 20 Oct 1967 - 1 Dec 1967 (+1978) (acting) Arthur Espie Porritt 1 Dec 1967 - 7 Sep 1972 (+1994) Herbert Richard Churton Wild 7 Sep 1972 - 27 Sep 1972 (+1978) (acting) Edward Denis Blundell 27 Sep 1972 - 5 Oct 1977 (+1984) Keith Jacka Holyoake 5 Oct 1977 - 25 Oct 1980 (+1983) David Stuart Beattie 6 Nov 1980 - 22 Nov 1985 (+2001) Paul Reeves 22 Nov 1985 - 20 Nov 1990 (+2011) Catherine Tizard 20 Nov 1990 - 21 Mar 1996 Michael Hardie Boys 22 Mar 1996 - 21 Mar 2001 Sian Seerpoohl Elias 22 Mar 2001 - 4 Apr 2001 (acting) Silvia Cartwright 4 Apr 2001 - 4 Aug 2006 Sian Seerpoohl Elias 4 Aug 2006 - 23 Aug 2006 (acting) Anand Satyanand 23 Aug 2006 - 31 Aug 2011 Jerry Mateparae 31 Aug 2011 - |
| Deputy Prime Ministers
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Keith Jacka Holyoake 13 Dec 1949 - 20 Sep 1957 (+1983) NP John (Jack) Ross Marshall 20 Sep 1957 - 12 Dec 1957 (+1988) NP Clarence Farringdon Skinner 12 Dec 1957 - 12 Dec 1960 (+1962) NZLP John (Jack) Ross Marshall 12 Dec 1960 - 9 Feb 1972 (+1988) NP Robert David Muldoon 9 Feb 1972 - 8 Dec 1972 (+1992) NP Hugh Watt 8 Dec 1972 - 10 Sep 1974 (+1980) NZLP Robert (Bob) James Tizard 10 Sep 1974 - 12 Dec 1975 NZLP Brian Edward Talboys 12 Dec 1975 - 4 Mar 1981 NP Duncan MacIntyre 4 Mar 1981 - 15 Mar 1984 NP James (Jim) Kenneth McLay 15 Mar 1984 - 26 Jul 1984 NP Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer 26 Jul 1984 - 8 Aug 1989 NZLP Helen Elizabeth Clark 8 Aug 1989 - 2 Nov 1990 NZLP Donald (Don) Charles McKinnon 2 Nov 1990 - 16 Dec 1996 NP Winston Raymond Peters 16 Dec 1996 - 14 Aug 1998 NZF Wyatt Beetham Creech 14 Aug 1998 - 5 Dec 1999 NP James (Jim) Patrick Anderton 5 Dec 1999 - 15 Aug 2002 Alliance Michael John Cullen 15 Aug 2002 - 19 Nov 2008 NZLP Simon William (Bill) English 19 Nov 2008 - NP |
| Foreign Ministers
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Peter Fraser 1943-1949 (+1950) NZLP Frederick Widdowson Doidge 1949-1951 (+1954) NP Thomas Clifton Webb 1951-1954 (+1962) NP Thomas Lachlan Macdonald 1951-1957 (+1980) NP Walter Nash 1957-1960 (+1968) NZLP Keith Jacka Holyoake 1960-1972 (+1983) NP John (Jack) Ross Marshall 1972 (+1988) NP Norman Eric Kirk 1972-1974 (+) NZLP Joseph Albert Walding (acting) 1974 (+1985) NZLP Wallace (Bill) Edward Rowling 1974-1975 (+1995) NZLP Brian Edward Talboys 1975-1981 NP Warren Ernest Cooper 1981-1984 NP David Russell Lange 1984-1987 (+2005) NZLP Russell Marshall 1987-1990 NZLP Michael (Mike) Kenneth Moore 1990 NZLP Donald (Don) Charles McKinnon 1990-1999 NP Philip (Phil) Bruce Goff 1999-2005 NZLP Winston Raymond Peters 2005-2008 NZF Helen Elizabeth Clark 2008 NZLP (acting) Murray McCully 2008- NP |
 Leaders of the NP
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Sidney George Holland 1940-1957 (+1961) Keith Jacka Holyoake 1957-1972 (+1983) John (Jack) Ross Marshall 1972-1974 (+1988) Robert David Muldoon 1974-1984 (+1992) James (Jim) Kenneth McLay 1984-1986 James (Jim) Brendan Bolger 1986-1997 Jennifer (Jenny) Mary Shipley 1997-2001 Simon William (Bill) English 2001-2003 Donald (Don) Thomas Brash 2003-2006 John Phillip Key 2006- |
 Leaders of the NZLP
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Peter Fraser 1940-1950 (+) Walter Nash 1951-1963 (+1968) Arnold Henry Nordmeyer 1963-1965 (+1989) Norman Eric Kirk 1965-1974 (+) Wallace (Bill) Edward Rowling 1974-1983 (+1995) David Russell Lange 1983-1989 (+2005) Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer 1989-1990 Michael (Mike) Kenneth Moore 1990-1993 Helen Elizabeth Clark 1993-2008 Philip (Phil) Bruce Goff 2008- |
 Leader of the NZF
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Winston Raymond Peters 1993- |
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