Sir Michael Cullen | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Michael_Cullen,_2008.jpg) Official portrait of Cullen, 2008 | |
| 16th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
| In office 15 August 2002 – 19 November 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Jim Anderton |
| Succeeded by | Bill English |
| 40th Minister of Finance | |
| In office 10 December 1999 – 19 November 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Bill Birch |
| Succeeded by | Bill English |
| 26th Minister of Revenue | |
| In office 10 December 1999 – 17 October 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Bill Birch |
| Succeeded by | Peter Dunne |
| 4th Treasurer of New Zealand | |
| In office 10 December 1999 – 15 August 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Bill English |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| 13th Deputy Leader of the Labour Party | |
| In office 11 June 1996 – 11 November 2008 | |
| Leader | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | David Caygill |
| Succeeded by | Annette King |
| 18th Minister for Social Welfare | |
| In office 24 August 1987 – 2 November 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | David Lange Geoffrey Palmer Mike Moore |
| Preceded by | Ann Hercus |
| Succeeded by | Jenny Shipley |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour party list | |
| In office 27 November 1999 – 30 April 2009 | |
| Succeeded by | Damien O'Connor[n 1] |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for St Kilda Dunedin South (1996–1999) | |
| In office 28 November 1981 – 27 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Fraser |
| Succeeded by | David Benson-Pope |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 February 1945 London, England |
| Died | 19 August 2021 (aged 76) Whakatāne, New Zealand |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouses | |
| Profession | Historian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Canterbury (BA & MA) University of Edinburgh (PhD) |
| Thesis | Social statistics in Britain 1830–852 (1971) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
Sir Michael John Cullen KNZM (5 February 1945 – 19 August 2021) was a New Zealand politician. He served as the 16th deputy prime minister of New Zealand, also as the minister of Finance, minister of Tertiary Education, and attorney-general. He was the deputy leader of the Labour Party from 1996 until November 2008, when he resigned following a defeat in the general election. He resigned from Parliament in April 2009, to become the deputy chairman of New Zealand Post from 1 November 2009[1] and chairman from 1 November 2010 until leaving the role in 2016. On 6 March 2020 he announced that he had resigned from the Lakes and Bay of Plenty district health boards, respectively. At the same time he also announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 small-cell lung cancer, which had also spread to his liver.[2]
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- ^ "Cullen leaves politics for NZ Post role". The New Zealand Herald. 7 April 2009.
- ^ "Sir Michael Cullen announces lung cancer diagnosis". Stuff. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.