| Post: | Premier |
| Body: | New South Wales |
| Insignia: | Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 120px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of New South Wales |
| Flag: | Flag of New South Wales.svg |
| Flagsize: | 120px |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of New South Wales |
| Incumbent: | Chris Minns |
| Incumbentsince: | 28 March 2023 |
| Department: | Premier's Department Cabinet Office |
| Style: |
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| Status: | Head of government |
| Member Of: | New South Wales Legislative Assembly |
| Reports To: | Parliament |
| Appointer: | Governor of New South Wales |
| Appointer Qualified: | by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Legislative Assembly |
| Termlength: | At the governor's pleasure |
| Termlength Qualified: | contingent on the premier's ability to command confidence in the lower house of Parliament |
| Formation: | 6 June 1856 |
| First: | Stuart Donaldson |
| Deputy: | Deputy Premier of New South Wales |
| Salary: | $416,440[1] |
The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislature. The premier is appointed by the Governor of New South Wales, and by modern convention holds office by their ability to command the support of a majority of members of the lower house of Parliament, the Legislative Assembly.
Before Federation in 1901, the term "prime minister of New South Wales" was also used. "Premier" has been used more or less exclusively from 1901, to avoid confusion with the federal prime minister of Australia.[2]
The current premier is Chris Minns, the leader of the New South Wales Labor Party, who assumed office on 28 March 2023. Minns defeated Dominic Perrottet at the election held on 25 March 2023, after twelve years of Liberal/National Coalition rule.[3]
| Portrait | Name Electoral district (Birth–death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Monarch | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=90px | Term start | width=90px | Term end | width=50px | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Stuart Donaldson MLA for Sydney Hamlets (1812–1867) | 1856 | 6 June 1856 | 25 August 1856 | Independent | Donaldson | Victoria (1837–1901) Governor: | ||
| 2 | Charles Cowper MLA for Sydney City (1807–1875) | — | 26 August 1856 | 2 October 1856 | width=75px | Independent | Cowper I | ||
| 3 | Henry Parker MLA for Parramatta (1808–1881) | — | 3 October 1856 | 7 September 1857 | Independent | Parker | |||
| (2) | Charles Cowper MLA for Sydney City (until 1859) MLA for East Sydney (from 1859) (1807–1875) | — | 7 September 1857 | 26 October 1859 | Independent | Cowper II | |||
| 1858 | |||||||||
| 1859 | |||||||||
| 4 | William Forster MLA for Queanbeyan (1818–1882) | — | 27 October 1859 | 9 March 1860 | Independent | Forster | |||
| 5 | John Robertson MLA for Upper Hunter (1816–1891) | — | 9 March 1860 | 9 January 1861 | Independent | Robertson I | |||
| (2) | Charles Cowper MLA for East Sydney (1807–1875) | 1860 | 10 January 1861 | 15 October 1863 | Independent | Cowper III | |||
| 6 | James Martin MLA for Tumut (until 1864) MLA for Monara (1864) MLA for Lachlan (from 1864) (1820–1886) | — | 16 October 1863 | 2 February 1865 | Independent | Martin I | |||
| (2) | Charles Cowper MLA for East Sydney (1807–1875) | 1864–65 | 3 February 1865 | 21 January 1866 | Independent | Cowper IV | |||
| (6) | James Martin MLA for Lachlan (1820–1886) | — | 22 January 1866 | 26 October 1868 | Independent | Martin II | |||
| (5) | John Robertson MLA for Clarence (1816–1891) | — | 27 October 1868 | 12 January 1870 | Independent | Robertson II | |||
| (2) | Charles Cowper MLA for Liverpool Plains (1807–1875) | 1869–70 | 13 January 1870 | 15 December 1870 | Independent | Cowper V | |||
| (6) | James Martin MLA for East Sydney (until 1872) MLA for East Macquarie (from 1872) (1820–1886) | — | 16 December 1870 | 13 May 1872 | Independent | Martin III | |||
| 7 | Henry Parkes MLA for East Sydney (1815–1896) | 1872 | 14 May 1872 | 8 February 1875 | Independent | Parkes I | |||
| (5) | John Robertson MLA for West Sydney (1816–1891) | 1874–75 | 9 February 1875 | 21 March 1877 | Independent | Robertson III | |||
| (7) | Henry Parkes MLA for East Sydney (1815–1896) | — | 22 March 1877 | 16 August 1877 | Independent | Parkes II | |||
| (5) | Sir John Robertson MLA for West Sydney (until November 1877) MLA for East Macquarie (from November 1877) MLA for Lachlan (from November 1877) (1816–1891) | — | 17 August 1877 | 17 December 1877 | Independent | Robertson IV | |||
| 8 | James Farnell MLA for St Leonards (1825–1888) | 1877 | 18 December 1877 | 20 December 1878 | Independent | Farnell | |||
| (7) | Sir Henry Parkes MLA for Canterbury (until 1880) MLA for East Sydney (1880–1882) MLA for Tenterfield (from 1882) (1815–1896) | — | 21 December 1878 | 4 January 1883 | Independent | Parkes III | |||
| 1880 | |||||||||
| 9 | Alexander Stuart MLA for Illawarra (1824–1886) | 1882 | 5 January 1883 | 6 October 1885 | Independent | Stuart | |||
| 10 | George Dibbs MLA for St Leonards (until October 1885) MLA for Murrumbidgee (from October 1885) (1834–1904) | — | 7 October 1885 | 21 December 1885 | Independent | Dibbs I | |||
| 1885 | |||||||||
| (5) | Sir John Robertson MLA for Mudgee (1816–1891) | — | 22 December 1885 | 22 February 1886 | Independent | Robertson V | |||
| 11 | Sir Patrick Jennings MLA for The Bogan (1831–1897) | — | 26 February 1886 | 19 January 1887 | Independent | Jennings | |||
| (7) | Sir Henry Parkes MLA for St Leonards (1815–1896) | — | 25 January 1887 | 16 January 1889 | Free Trade | Parkes IV | |||
| 1887 | |||||||||
| 10 | George Dibbs MLA for Murrumbidgee (1834–1904) | — | 17 January 1889 | 7 March 1889 | Protectionist | Dibbs II | |||
| (7) | Sir Henry Parkes MLA for St Leonards (1815–1896) | 1889 | 8 March 1889 | 23 October 1891 | Free Trade | Parkes V | |||
| 1891 | |||||||||
| (10) | George Dibbs MLA for Murrumbidgee (1834–1904) | — | 23 October 1891 | 2 August 1894 | Protectionist | Dibbs III | |||
| 12 | George Reid MLA for Sydney-King (1845–1918) | 1894 | 3 August 1894 | 13 September 1899 | Free Trade | Reid | |||
| 1895 | |||||||||
| 1898 | |||||||||
| 13 | Sir William Lyne MLA for Hume (1844–1913) | — | 14 September 1899 | 27 March 1901 | Protectionist | Lyne | |||
| Edward VII (1901–1910) Governor: | |||||||||
| 14 | Sir John See MLA for Grafton (1844–1907) | 1901 | 28 March 1901 | 14 June 1904 | Progressive | See | |||
| 15 | Thomas Waddell MLA for Cowra (1854–1940) | — | 15 June 1904 | 29 August 1904 | Progressive | Waddell | |||
| 16 | Sir Joseph Carruthers MLA for St George (1857–1932) | 1904 | 29 August 1904 | 1 October 1907 | Liberal Reform | Carruthers | |||
| 1907 | |||||||||
| 17 | Charles Wade MLA for Gordon (1863–1922) | — | 2 October 1907 | 1 October 1910 | Liberal Reform | Wade | |||
| George V (1910–1936) Governor: | |||||||||
| 18 | James McGowen MLA for Redfern (1855–1922) | 1910 | 21 October 1910 | 29 June 1913 | Labor | McGowen | |||
| 19 | William Holman MLA for Cootamundra (1871–1934) | — | 30 June 1913 | 12 April 1920 | Labor | Holman I | |||
| 1913 | |||||||||
| — | Nationalist | Holman II | |||||||
| 1917 | |||||||||
| 20 | John Storey MLA for Balmain (1869–1921) | 1920 | 13 April 1920 | 5 October 1921 | Labor | Storey | |||
| 21 | James Dooley MLA for Bathurst (1877–1950) | — | 5 October 1921 | 20 December 1921 | Labor | Dooley I | |||
| 22 | Sir George Fuller MLA for Wollondilly (1861–1940) | — | 20 December 1921 | 20 December 1921 | 7 hours | Nationalist | Fuller I | ||
| (21) | James Dooley MLA for Bathurst (1877–1950) | — | 20 December 1921 | 13 April 1922 | Labor | Dooley II | |||
| (22) | Sir George Fuller MLA for Wollondilly (1861–1940) | 1922 | 13 April 1922 | 17 June 1925 | Nationalist | Fuller II | |||
| 23 | Jack Lang MLA for Parramatta (1876–1975) | 1925 | 17 June 1925 | 18 October 1927 | Labor | Lang I | |||
| — | Lang II | ||||||||
| 24 | Thomas Bavin MLA for Gordon (1874–1941) | 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 4 November 1930 | Nationalist | Bavin | |||
| (23) | Jack Lang MLA for Auburn (1876–1975) | 1930 | 4 November 1930 | 16 May 1932 | Labor (until 1931) | Lang III | |||
| — | Lang Labor | ||||||||
| 25 | Bertram Stevens MLA for Croydon (1889–1973) | — | 16 May 1932 | 5 August 1939 | United Australia | Stevens I | |||
| 1932 | |||||||||
| 1935 | Stevens II | ||||||||
| Edward VIII (1936) Governor: | |||||||||
| George VI (1936–1952) Governor: | |||||||||
| 1938 | Stevens III | ||||||||
| 26 | Alexander Mair MLA for Albury (1889–1969) | — | 5 August 1939 | 16 May 1941 | United Australia | Mair | |||
| 27 | William McKell MLA for Redfern (1891–1985) | 1941 | 16 May 1941 | 6 February 1947 | Labor | McKell I | |||
| 1944 | McKell II | ||||||||
| 28 | Jim McGirr MLA for Bankstown (until 1950) MLA for Liverpool (from 1950) (1890–1957) | — | 6 February 1947 | 2 April 1952 | Labor | McGirr I | |||
| 1947 | McGirr II | ||||||||
| 1950 | McGirr III | ||||||||
| Elizabeth II (1952–2022) Governor: | |||||||||
| 29 | Joseph Cahill MLA for Cook's River (1891–1959) | — | 2 April 1952 | 22 October 1959 | Labor | Cahill I | |||
| 1953 | Cahill II | ||||||||
| 1956 | Cahill III | ||||||||
| 1959 | Cahill IV | ||||||||
| 30 | Bob Heffron MLA for Maroubra (1890–1978) | — | 23 October 1959 | 30 April 1964 | Labor | Heffron I | |||
| 1962 | Heffron II | ||||||||
| 31 | Jack Renshaw MLA for Castlereagh (1909–1987) | — | 30 April 1964 | 13 May 1965 | Labor | Renshaw | |||
| 32 | Sir Robert Askin MLA for Collaroy (until 1973) MLA for Pittwater (from 1973) (1907–1981) | 1965 | 13 May 1965 | 3 January 1975 | Liberal | Askin I | |||
| 1968 | Askin II | ||||||||
| — | Askin III | ||||||||
| 1971 | Askin IV | ||||||||
| — | Askin V | ||||||||
| 1973 | Askin VI | ||||||||
| 33 | Tom Lewis MLA for Wollondilly (1922–2016) | — | 3 January 1975 | 23 January 1976 | Liberal | Lewis I | |||
| — | Lewis II | ||||||||
| 34 | Sir Eric Willis MLA for Earlwood (1922–1999) | — | 23 January 1976 | 14 May 1976 | Liberal | Willis | |||
| 35 | Neville Wran MLA for Bass Hill (1926–2014) | 1976 | 14 May 1976 | 4 July 1986 | Labor | Wran I | |||
| 1978 | Wran II | ||||||||
| — | Wran III | ||||||||
| 1981 | Wran IV | ||||||||
| — | Wran V | ||||||||
| — | Wran VI | ||||||||
| 1984 | Wran VII | ||||||||
| — | Wran VIII | ||||||||
| 36 | Barrie Unsworth MLA for Rockdale (born 1934) | — | 4 July 1986 | 25 March 1988 | Labor | Unsworth | |||
| 37 | Nick Greiner MP for Ku-ring-gai (born 1947) | 1988 | 25 March 1988 | 24 June 1992 | Liberal | Greiner I | |||
| 1991 | Greiner II | ||||||||
| 38 | John Fahey MP for Southern Highlands (1945–2020) | — | 24 June 1992 | 4 April 1995 | Liberal | Fahey I | |||
| Fahey II | |||||||||
| Fahey III | |||||||||
| 39 | Bob Carr MP for Maroubra (born 1947) | 1995 | 4 April 1995 | 3 August 2005 | Labor | Carr I | |||
| — | Carr II | ||||||||
| 1999 | Carr III | ||||||||
| 2003 | Carr IV | ||||||||
| 40 | Morris Iemma MP for Lakemba (born 1961) | — | 3 August 2005 | 5 September 2008 | Labor | Iemma I | |||
| 2007 | Iemma II | ||||||||
| 41 | Nathan Rees MP for Toongabbie (born 1968) | — | 5 September 2008 | 4 December 2009 | Labor | Rees | |||
| 42 | Kristina Keneally MP for Heffron (born 1968) | — | 4 December 2009 | 28 March 2011 | Labor | Keneally | |||
| 43 | Barry O'Farrell MP for Ku-ring-gai (born 1959) | 2011 | 28 March 2011 | 17 April 2014 | Liberal | O'Farrell | |||
| 44 | Mike Baird MP for Manly (born 1968) | — | 17 April 2014 | 23 January 2017 | Liberal | Baird I | |||
| 2015 | Baird II | ||||||||
| 45 | Gladys Berejiklian MP for Willoughby (born 1970) | — | 23 January 2017 | 5 October 2021 | Liberal | Berejiklian I | |||
| 2019 | Berejiklian II | ||||||||
| 46 | Dominic Perrottet MP for Epping (born 1982) | — | 5 October 2021 | 28 March 2023 | Liberal | Perrottet I | |||
| Perrottet II | |||||||||
| Charles III (2022–present) Governor: | |||||||||
| 47 | Chris Minns MP for Kogarah (born 1979) | 2023 | 28 March 2023 | Incumbent | Labor | Minns | |||