Stuart Nash

Stuart Nash
Stuart Nash in 2023
9th Minister for Economic Development
In office
1 February 2023 – 28 March 2023
Prime MinisterChris Hipkins
Preceded byhimself (as Minister for Economic and Regional Development)
Succeeded byMegan Woods (Acting)
32nd Minister of Forestry
In office
6 November 2020 – 28 March 2023
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Chris Hipkins
Preceded byShane Jones
Succeeded byMegan Woods (Acting)
11th Minister for Oceans and Fisheries
In office
1 February 2023 – 28 March 2023
Prime MinisterChris Hipkins
Preceded byDavid Parker
Succeeded byDavid Parker (Acting)
39th Minister of Police
In office
1 February 2023 – 15 March 2023
Prime MinisterChris Hipkins
Preceded byChris Hipkins
Succeeded byMegan Woods (Acting)
In office
26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Preceded byPaula Bennett
Succeeded byPoto Williams
9th Minister for Economic and Regional Development
In office
6 November 2020 – 1 February 2023
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Chris Hipkins
Preceded byPhil Twyford (as Minister for Economic Development)
Shane Jones (as Minister for Regional Economic Development)
Succeeded byhimself (as Minister for Economic Development)
Kiri Allan (as Minister for Regional Development)
37th Minister of Tourism
In office
6 November 2020 – 1 February 2023
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Chris Hipkins
Preceded byKelvin Davis
Succeeded byPeeni Henare
11th Minister of Fisheries
In office
26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Preceded byNathan Guy (as Minister for Primary Industries)
Succeeded byDavid Parker
30th Minister of Revenue
In office
26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Preceded byJudith Collins
Succeeded byDavid Parker
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Napier
In office
20 September 2014 – 14 October 2023
Preceded byChris Tremain
Succeeded byKatie Nimon
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for the Labour Party list
In office
8 November 2008 – 26 November 2011
Personal details
BornAugust 1967 (age 58)
Napier, New Zealand
PartyLabour Party (until 2025)
SpouseSarah Nash
Children4
Parent(s)Hal Nash
Jenny Nash
RelativesSir Walter Nash (great-grandfather)
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury
ProfessionInternational Business
WebsiteOfficial website archived
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Stuart Alexander Nash (born August 1967) is a New Zealand politician and lawyer. He was a member of the House of Representatives for Labour Party from 2008 to 2011, and was re-elected in 2014 election as a representative of Napier electorate. In October 2017 when Jacinda Ardern became Prime Minister of New Zealand, Nash entered Labour Cabinet, with a portfolios of Police, Revenue, Small Business and Fisheries. In the second Ardern term Nash was handed the Economic Development, Tourism, Forestry, and Small Business portfolios. In early April 2023, Nash confirmed that he would not be contesting the 2023 election.

Nash is the great-grandson of Sir Walter Nash, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960.