Andrew Little | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Hon_Andrew_Little.jpg) Little in 2020 | |
| 42nd Minister of Defence | |
| In office 1 February 2023 – 27 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Chris Hipkins |
| Preceded by | Peeni Henare |
| Succeeded by | Judith Collins |
| 20th Minister for the Public Service | |
| In office 1 February 2023 – 27 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Chris Hipkins |
| Preceded by | Chris Hipkins |
| Succeeded by | Nicola Willis |
| 6th Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | |
| In office 26 October 2017 – 27 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern Chris Hipkins |
| Preceded by | Chris Finlayson |
| Succeeded by | Paul Goldsmith |
| Minister Responsible for the Government Communications Security Bureau | |
| In office 26 October 2017 – 27 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern Chris Hipkins |
| Preceded by | Chris Finlayson |
| Succeeded by | Judith Collins |
| Minister Responsible for the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service | |
| In office 26 October 2017 – 27 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern Chris Hipkins |
| Preceded by | Chris Finlayson |
| Succeeded by | Judith Collins |
| 42nd Minister of Health | |
| In office 6 November 2020 – 1 February 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern Chris Hipkins |
| Preceded by | Chris Hipkins |
| Succeeded by | Ayesha Verrall |
| Minister Responsible for Pike River Re‑entry | |
| In office 26 October 2017 – 1 February 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern Chris Hipkins |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| 49th Minister of Justice | |
| In office 26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern |
| Preceded by | Amy Adams |
| Succeeded by | Kris Faafoi |
| 3rd Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety | |
| In office 22 July 2020 – 6 November 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern |
| Preceded by | Iain Lees-Galloway |
| Succeeded by | Michael Wood |
| 59th Minister of Immigration | |
| In office 21 June 2023 – 27 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Chris Hipkins |
| Preceded by | Michael Wood |
| Succeeded by | Erica Stanford |
| 35th Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 18 November 2014 – 1 August 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | John Key Bill English |
| Deputy | Annette King Jacinda Ardern |
| Preceded by | David Cunliffe |
| Succeeded by | Jacinda Ardern |
| 16th Leader of the Labour Party | |
| In office 18 November 2014 – 1 August 2017 | |
| Deputy | Annette King Jacinda Ardern |
| Preceded by | David Cunliffe |
| Succeeded by | Jacinda Ardern |
| 33rd President of the Labour Party | |
| In office 2 March 2009 – 2 April 2011 | |
| Vice President | Moira Coatsworth |
| Preceded by | Mike Williams |
| Succeeded by | Moira Coatsworth |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party List | |
| In office 26 November 2011 – 5 December 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrew James Little 7 May 1965 New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse |
Leigh Fitzgerald (m. 2008) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
| Website | Party profile |
Andrew James Little (born 7 May 1965) is a New Zealand lawyer, former politician and former trade union official. He was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2014 to 2017 and a senior minister in the Labour governments led by Jacinda Ardern and Chris Hipkins from 2017 to 2023, including as Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister of Justice, Minister of Health and Minister of Defence.
Little was first elected as a Labour Party list MP in 2011, after serving as President of the Labour Party between 2009 and 2011. His political career followed a career in unionism, which included 11 years as the national secretary of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union, New Zealand's largest union.
Little's term as Labour leader was characterised by low opinion polling results and punctuated by his resignation from the role less than two months before he was due to lead the party in the 2017 general election. Little's decision was described as "selfless" and instrumental in Labour's success under new leader Jacinda Ardern; in the following six years he served as a senior minister and was regarded as a "safe pair of hands" across twelve ministerial portfolios.[1]
On 17 October 2023, following the Labour Government's defeat in the 2023 election, Little announced he would decline to return to Parliament as a list MP and that he intended to return to legal practice.
- ^ "PM's chance to carve a new path with Cabinet reshuffle". Newsroom. 31 January 2023. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.