Reshuffle - Marian Hobbs returns to Cabinet
27 March 2001 Media Statement
Marian Hobbs returns to Cabinet: portfolio allocations for Marian Hobbs, Jim Sutton, Lianne Dalziel, Dover Samuels
Prime Minister Helen
Clark said today that Marian Hobbs had been completely
exonerated in recent enquiries and fully merited her speedy
return to the Cabinet.
Marian Hobbs will be sworn in as a Cabinet minister by the Chief Justice in her capacity as the Administrator of the Government at a special meeting of the Executive Council at 4.15 pm on Wednesday 28 March.
The following portfolio allocations have been made:
Jim
Sutton Minister of Biosecurity
Lianne Dalziel Minister for Accident Insurance
Marian Hobbs Minister for the
Environment
Minister of Broadcasting (includes
responsibility for Television New Zealand, Radio New
Zealand, and New Zealand on Air)
Minister Responsible for
the National Library and for Archives New
Zealand
Associate Minister of Education
Associate
Minister of Biosecurity
Dover Samuels Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Economic Development and to the Minister for Industry and Regional Development
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