Winston Peters facts for kids

Winston Peters
The Right Honourable ; Winston Peters ; MP
	Peters in 2017
13th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 26 October 2017
Prime Minister	Jacinda Ardern
Governor-General	Patsy Reddy
Preceded by	Paula Bennett
	In office; 16 December 1996 – 14 August 1998
Prime Minister	Jim Bolger; Jenny Shipley
Governor-General	Michael Hardie Boys
Preceded by	Don McKinnon
Succeeded by	Wyatt Creech
25th Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 26 October 2017
Prime Minister	Jacinda Ardern
Preceded by	Gerry Brownlee
	In office; 19 October 2005 – 29 August 2008
Prime Minister	Helen Clark
Preceded by	Phil Goff
Succeeded by	Murray McCully
Leader of New Zealand First
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 18 July 1993
President	Doug Woolerton; Dail Jones; George Groombridge; Kevin Gardener; Anne Martin; Brent Catchpole
Deputy	Tau Henare; Peter Brown; Tracey Martin; Ron Mark; Fletcher Tabuteau
Preceded by	Office established
1st Treasurer of New Zealand
	In office; 16 December 1996 – 14 August 1998
Prime Minister	Jim Bolger; Jenny Shipley
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Bill Birch
35th Minister of Māori Affairs
	In office; 2 November 1990 – 1 October 1991
Prime Minister	Jim Bolger
Preceded by	Koro Wētere
Succeeded by	Doug Kidd
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 23 September 2017
Constituency	New Zealand First List
	In office; 28 March 2015 – 23 September 2017
Preceded by	Mike Sabin
Succeeded by	Matt King
Constituency	Northland
	In office; 26 November 2011 – 28 March 2015
Constituency	New Zealand First List
	In office; 17 September 2005 – 3 October 2008
Constituency	New Zealand First List
	In office; 17 July 1984 – 17 September 2005
Preceded by	Keith Allen
Succeeded by	Bob Clarkson
Constituency	Tauranga
	In office; 24 May 1979 – 28 November 1981
Preceded by	Malcolm Douglas
Succeeded by	Colin Moyle
Constituency	Hunua
Personal details
Born	Wynston Raymond Peters ; 11 April 1945 (age 75); Whangarei, New Zealand
Political party	National (Before 1993); New Zealand First (1993–present)
Spouse(s)	Louise; (m. 1973; separated 1995)
Children	2
Relatives	Jim (Brother); Ian (Brother)
Alma mater	University of Auckland
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Winston Raymond Peters PC (born 11 April 1945) is a New Zealand politician. He is the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand and Minister of Foreign Affairs since [2017. He served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1996 to 1998. He serves under a coalition government alongside Jacinda Ardern upon the 2017 election.

Peters led the populist New Zealand First party since 1993. He has been a Member of Parliament since 2011, having served from 1979 to 1981 and 1984 to 2008.

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Peters was an outspoken critic of his party leader, Jim Bolger (pictured in 1992).
Peters had a strained relationship with Prime Minister Jenny Shipley (pictured), who sacked him from Cabinet.
Winston Peters greets US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Auckland Airport in 2008
Peters talking to Bryce Edwards as a part of the Vote Chat forum at the University of Otago, 2011
Peters with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy at the swearing-in of the new Cabinet on 26 October 2017
Peters meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, 17 July 2018
Peters speaks to Grey Power members, August 2011