Paul Goldsmith

Minister of Justice, Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage

Electorate: Epsom

Before Politics

◆Historian and author
◆Journalist

Parliamentary Career

◆MP since 2014
◆Minister of Justice since November 2023

Key Positions

→Justice system reform
→Three-strikes sentencing restoration
→Treaty of Waitangi principles reform

Accomplishments

✓Authored several NZ history books before entering politics
✓Oversaw restoration of three-strikes sentencing law

Controversies

!Released a campaign finance document in 2020 with a significant factual error, claiming New Zealand went into debt to pay for World War II — widely mocked

Bio Summary

Justice Minister and fiscal conservative; previously held Trade and Defence portfolios under National.

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