| Post: | Minister for State Owned Enterprises |
| Flag: | Flag of New Zealand.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of New Zealand |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of New Zealand |
| Incumbent: | Paul Goldsmith |
| Incumbentsince: | 27 November 2023 |
| Department: | State-owned enterprises of New Zealand |
| 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: | 1 August 1987 |
| Inaugural: | Richard Prebble |
| Website: | www.beehive.govt.nz |
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. Some of the SOEs were formerly trading departments, like the New Zealand Post Office and the New Zealand Railways Department.
The following ministers have held the office of Minister for State Owned Enterprises.
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Prebble | 1 August 1987 | 4 November 1988 | width=1 rowspan=3 style="color:inherit;background:" | Lange | |||
| 2 | David Lange | 4 November 1988 | 8 November 1988 | |||||
| height=40 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 3 | Stan Rodger | 8 November 1988 | 9 February 1990 | ||||
| height=40 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Palmer | |||||||
| height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | (1) | Richard Prebble | 9 February 1990 | 2 November 1990 | ||||
| height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Moore | |||||||
| 4 | Doug Kidd | 2 November 1990 | 3 October 1991 | Bolger | ||||
| 5 | Maurice McTigue | 3 October 1991 | 27 March 1993 | |||||
| 6 | Wyatt Creech | 27 March 1993 | 29 November 1993 | |||||
| 7 | Philip Burdon | 29 November 1993 | 8 November 1996 | |||||
| 8 | Jenny Shipley | 16 December 1996 | 8 December 1997 | |||||
| 9 | Tony Ryall | 8 December 1997 | 10 December 1999 | Shipley | ||||
| 10 | Mark Burton | 10 December 1999 | 20 December 2004 | Clark | ||||
| 11 | Paul Swain | 20 December 2004 | 19 October 2005 | |||||
| 12 | Trevor Mallard | 19 October 2005 | 19 November 2008 | |||||
| 13 | Simon Power | 19 November 2008 | 13 April 2011 | Key | ||||
| (9) | Tony Ryall | 13 April 2011 | 8 October 2014 | |||||
| height=15 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 14 | Todd McClay[1] | 8 October 2014 | 26 October 2017 | ||||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | English | |||||||
| 15 | Winston Peters | 26 October 2017 | 6 November 2020 | Ardern | ||||
| height=40 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:" | 16 | David Clark | 6 November 2020 | 1 February 2023 | ||||
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:" | Hipkins | |||||||
| 17 | Duncan Webb | 1 February 2023 | 27 November 2023 | |||||
| 18 | Paul Goldsmith | 27 November 2023 | present | Luxon | ||||