Bob Tizard

The Right Honourable Bob Tizard CNZM
Tizard in 1968
6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
In office 10 September 1974 – 12 December 1975
Prime Minister	Bill Rowling
Preceded by	Hugh Watt
Succeeded by	Brian Talboys
29th Minister of Defence
In office 24 July 1987 – 9 February 1990
Prime Minister	David Lange Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded by	Frank O'Flynn
Succeeded by	Peter Tapsell
17th Minister of Science and Technology
In office 26 July 1984 – 9 February 1990
Prime Minister	David Lange Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded by	Ian Shearer
Succeeded by	Margaret Austin
5th Minister of Energy
In office 26 July 1984 – 16 September 1987
Prime Minister	David Lange
Preceded by	Bill Birch
Succeeded by	David Butcher
16th Minister of Statistics
In office 26 July 1984 – 16 September 1987
Prime Minister	David Lange
Preceded by	John Falloon
Succeeded by	Margaret Shields
34th Minister of Finance
In office 6 September 1974 – 12 December 1975
Prime Minister	Bill Rowling
Preceded by	Bill Rowling
Succeeded by	Robert Muldoon
22nd Minister of State Services
In office 8 December 1972 – 10 September 1974
Prime Minister	Norman Kirk
Preceded by	Jack Marshall
Succeeded by	Arthur Faulkner
3rd Minister of Health
In office 8 December 1972 – 10 September 1974
Prime Minister	Norman Kirk
Preceded by	Lance Adams-Schneider
Succeeded by	Tom McGuigan
Personal details
Born	Robert James Tizard (1924-06-07)7 June 1924 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	28 January 2016(2016-01-28) (aged 91) Auckland, New Zealand
Political party	Labour
Spouses	Catherine Maclean ​ ​ (m. 1951; div. 1980)​ Mary Nacey ​ ​ (m. 1983, divorced)​ Beryl Vignale ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	5; including Judith
Military service
Branch/service	Royal New Zealand Air Force
Years of service	1943–45
Rank	Flying Officer
Battles/wars	World War II

Robert James Tizard CNZM (7 June 1924 – 28 January 2016) was a Labour politician from New Zealand. He served as the sixth deputy prime minister, the minister of Finance, minister of Health and minister of Defence.