Nicola Willis

Nicola Willis
Willis in 2023
43rd Minister of Finance
Assumed office
27 November 2023
Prime MinisterChristopher Luxon
Preceded byGrant Robertson
21st Minister for the Public Service
Assumed office
27 November 2023
Prime MinisterChristopher Luxon
Preceded byAndrew Little
Minister for Social Investment
Assumed office
27 November 2023
Prime MinisterChristopher Luxon
19th Deputy Leader of the National Party
Assumed office
30 November 2021
LeaderChristopher Luxon
Preceded byShane Reti
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
In office
30 November 2021 – 27 November 2023
LeaderChristopher Luxon
Preceded byShane Reti
Succeeded byCarmel Sepuloni
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for National Party list
Assumed office
3 April 2018
Preceded bySteven Joyce
Personal details
Born
Nicola Valentine Willis

(1981-03-07) 7 March 1981 (age 43)
Wellington, New Zealand
Political partyNational Party
Spouse
Duncan Small
(m. 2007)
Children4
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
University of Canterbury[1]
WebsiteParty website

Nicola Valentine Willis[2] (born 7 March 1981)[3] is a New Zealand politician who is currently deputy leader of the National Party and minister of Finance in a coalition government with ACT and New Zealand First. Willis entered the New Zealand Parliament in 2018, when she inherited Steven Joyce's seat in Parliament as the next on the party list after his retirement from politics.

  1. ^ "About Nicola". Nicolawillis.national.org.nz.
  2. ^ "Declaration by Electoral Commission that Nicola Valentine Willis is elected a Member of Parliament". 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ Nichol, Tess (6 March 2018). "Nicola Willis National's newest MP". Newstalk ZB.