Minister for State Owned Enterprises

Minister for State Owned Enterprises
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Incumbent Simeon Brown since 24 January 2025
State-owned enterprises of New Zealand
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet of New Zealand Executive Council
Reports to	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Richard Prebble
Formation	1 August 1987
Website	www.beehive.govt.nz

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The Minister for State Owned Enterprises is the minister in the New Zealand Government responsible for trading enterprises owned by the New Zealand Government (see State-owned enterprises of New Zealand), usually in conjunction with the minister responsible for the industry.

The post was established by the Fourth Labour Government from 1 April 1987.^[1] Some of the SOEs were formerly trading departments, like the New Zealand Post Office and the New Zealand Railways Department.