Phil Goff

Phil Goff
Goff in 2024
33rd High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom
Assumed office
January 2023
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Chris Hipkins
Christopher Luxon
Preceded byBede Corry
2nd Mayor of Auckland
In office
1 November 2016 – 8 October 2022
DeputyBill Cashmore
Preceded byLen Brown
Succeeded byWayne Brown
32nd Leader of the Opposition
In office
19 November 2008 – 13 December 2011
Prime MinisterJohn Key
DeputyAnnette King
Preceded byJohn Key
Succeeded byDavid Shearer
13th Leader of the Labour Party
In office
11 November 2008 – 13 December 2011
DeputyAnnette King
Preceded byHelen Clark
Succeeded byDavid Shearer
35th Minister of Defence
In office
19 October 2005 – 19 November 2008
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded byMark Burton
Succeeded byWayne Mapp
25th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
10 December 1999 – 19 October 2005
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded byDon McKinnon
Succeeded byWinston Peters
43rd Minister of Justice
In office
10 December 1999 – 19 October 2005
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded byTony Ryall
Succeeded byMark Burton
37th Minister of Education
In office
14 August 1989 – 2 November 1990
Prime MinisterGeoffrey Palmer
Mike Moore
Preceded byGeoffrey Palmer
Succeeded byLockwood Smith
9th Minister of Employment
In office
6 April 1987 – 14 August 1989
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Preceded byKerry Burke
Succeeded byAnnette King
14th Minister of Housing
In office
26 July 1984 – 26 August 1987
Prime MinisterDavid Lange
Preceded byTony Friedlander
Succeeded byHelen Clark
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
In office
6 November 1993 – 12 October 2016
Preceded byGilbert Myles
Succeeded byMichael Wood
ConstituencyRoskill (1993–96)
New Lynn (1996–99)
Mount Roskill (1999–2016)
In office
28 November 1981 – 27 October 1990
Preceded byArthur Faulkner
Succeeded byGilbert Myles
ConstituencyRoskill
Personal details
Born
Philip Bruce Goff

(1953-06-22) 22 June 1953 (age 71)
Auckland, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Mary Ellen Goff
(m. 1979)
Children3
Residence(s)London, United Kingdom
ProfessionLecturer
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Philip Bruce Goff CNZM[1] (born 22 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician and diplomat. He currently serves as High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom since 2023. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2016. He served as leader of the Labour Party and leader of the Opposition between 11 November 2008 and 13 December 2011.

During the Fifth Labour Government, in office from 1999 to 2008, Goff was a senior minister in a number of portfolios, including Minister of Justice, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Minister of Defence, and Associate Minister of Finance.[2]

Goff was elected mayor of Auckland in 2016, and served two terms, before retiring in 2022.

  1. ^ Gower, Patrick (12 November 2008). "A Labour of love for new leader Phil Goff". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Ministerial List for Announcement on 31 October 2007" (Press release). New Zealand Government. 31 October 2007. Archived from the original (DOC) on 1 October 2008.