Rt Hon Christopher Luxon

Christopher Luxon is the 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand. 

He is also the Minister for National Security and Intelligence and the Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services. He entered Parliament at the 2020 election as the MP for Botany and was elected Leader of the National Party in November 2021.

Prior to entering Parliament, Christopher was Chief Executive Officer of Air New Zealand from 2013 to 2019. Prior to joining Air New Zealand, Christopher spent 18 years working at multinational consumer products company Unilever, in New Zealand, Australia, the UK, USA and Canada.

Christopher has a Master of Commerce in Business Administration from the University of Canterbury.

He is married to Amanda and they have two adult children.

Christopher Luxon portrait