Steve Maharey

The Honourable Steve Maharey CNZM
Maharey in 2008
42nd Minister of Education
In office 19 October 2005 – 31 October 2007
Prime Minister	Helen Clark
Preceded by	Trevor Mallard
Succeeded by	Chris Carter
22nd Minister for Research, Science and Technology
In office 21 December 2004 – 31 October 2007
Prime Minister	Helen Clark
Preceded by	Pete Hodgson
Succeeded by	Pete Hodgson
22nd Minister for Social Development
In office 10 December 1999 – 19 October 2005
Prime Minister	Helen Clark
Preceded by	Roger Sowry
Succeeded by	David Benson-Pope
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Palmerston North
In office 27 October 1990 – 8 November 2008
Preceded by	Trevor de Cleene
Succeeded by	Iain Lees-Galloway
5th Vice-Chancellor of Massey University
In office October 2008 – December 2016
Preceded by	Judith Kinnear
Succeeded by	Jan Thomas
Personal details
Born	(1953-02-03) 3 February 1953 (age 71) Palmerston North, New Zealand
Political party	Labour
Profession	Sociologist

Steven Maharey CNZM (born 3 February 1953) is a New Zealand academic and former politician of the Labour Party. Elected to Parliament for the first time in 1990, he was Minister of Social Development and Employment from 1999 to 2005 and Minister of Education from 2005 to 2007. He retired from Parliament at the 2008 general election to become the Vice-Chancellor at Massey University.^[1]