Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence explained

Post:Minister of for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence
Flag:Flag of New Zealand.svg
Flagcaption:Flag of New Zealand
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of New Zealand
Incumbent:Hon Karen Chhour
Incumbentsince:27 November 2023
Department:Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Social Development
Style:The Honourable
Member Of:
Reports To:Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer:Governor-General of New Zealand
Termlength:At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation:6 November 2020
First:Hon Marama Davidson
Website:https://www.beehive.govt.nz/portfolio/labour-2020-2023/prevention-family-and-sexual-violence

The Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence is a minister in the New Zealand Government responsible for leading the Government approach to addressing and combating domestic violence in New Zealand. The position was first established during the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand following the 2020 New Zealand general election.[1]

The incumbent Minister is Karen Chhour, a member of the ACT Party.

Role and responsibility

The Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence is primarily part of the New Zealand Ministry of Justice, although a number of other Government agencies also provide support for the role. According to the Government website, the Minister is responsible for leading the whole-of-government approach to substantially prevent, reduce and address family and sexual violence, and for the joint venture on the prevention of family and sexual violence.[1]

The office holder is in charge of coordinating in the government budget relating to the issue of family and sexual violence, and is also a member of the Ministerial group on Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy.[2]

History

The role was created after the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand was re-elected to a second term in a landslide election victory, the office was officially created on 6 November 2020, following in the swearing in of the 53rd New Zealand Parliament and the second Jacinda Ardern ministry.[3]

The position is a loose spiritual successor to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Justice (Family and Sexual Violence Issues), which was held by Green MP Jan Logie during the first term of the Sixth Labour Government.[4]

List of officeholders

Key
No.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
1Marama Davidson6 November 202027 November 2023width=1 style="color:inherit;background:"Ardern
width=1 style="color:inherit;background:"Hipkins
2Karen Chhour27 November 2023Incumbentwidth=1 style="color:inherit;background:"Luxon

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . DPMC . 2020-11-06 . 2022-04-14.
  2. Web site: Cooperation Agreement between the New Zealand Labour Party and the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand: 53rd Parliament . cloudfront.net.
  3. Web site: Ministers sworn in to Government . 6 November 2020 . Labour Party.
  4. Web site: Labour and Greens to have Cooperation Agreement . 1 November 2020 . Labour Party.