Phil Goff

His Excellency the Honourable Phil Goff CNZM
Goff in 2018
33rd High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2023
Prime Minister	Jacinda Ardern Chris Hipkins Christopher Luxon
Preceded by	Bede Corry
2nd Mayor of Auckland
In office 1 November 2016 – 8 October 2022
Deputy	Bill Cashmore
Preceded by	Len Brown
Succeeded by	Wayne Brown
32nd Leader of the Opposition
In office 19 November 2008 – 13 December 2011
Prime Minister	John Key
Deputy	Annette King
Preceded by	John Key
Succeeded by	David Shearer
13th Leader of the Labour Party
In office 11 November 2008 – 13 December 2011
Deputy	Annette King
Preceded by	Helen Clark
Succeeded by	David Shearer
35th Minister of Defence
In office 19 October 2005 – 19 November 2008
Prime Minister	Helen Clark
Preceded by	Mark Burton
Succeeded by	Wayne Mapp
25th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 10 December 1999 – 19 October 2005
Prime Minister	Helen Clark
Preceded by	Don McKinnon
Succeeded by	Winston Peters
43rd Minister of Justice
In office 10 December 1999 – 19 October 2005
Prime Minister	Helen Clark
Preceded by	Tony Ryall
Succeeded by	Mark Burton
37th Minister of Education
In office 14 August 1989 – 2 November 1990
Prime Minister	Geoffrey Palmer Mike Moore
Preceded by	Geoffrey Palmer
Succeeded by	Lockwood Smith
9th Minister of Employment
In office 6 April 1987 – 14 August 1989
Prime Minister	David Lange
Preceded by	Kerry Burke
Succeeded by	Annette King
14th Minister of Housing
In office 26 July 1984 – 26 August 1987
Prime Minister	David Lange
Preceded by	Tony Friedlander
Succeeded by	Helen Clark
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
In office 6 November 1993 – 12 October 2016
Preceded by	Gilbert Myles
Succeeded by	Michael Wood
Constituency	Roskill (1993-96) New Lynn (1996-99) Mount Roskill (1999-2016)
In office 28 November 1981 – 27 October 1990
Preceded by	Arthur Faulkner
Succeeded by	Gilbert Myles
Constituency	Roskill
Personal details
Born	Philip Bruce Goff (1953-06-22) 22 June 1953 (age 70) Auckland, New Zealand
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Mary Ellen Goff ​ (m. 1979)​
Children	3
Residence(s)	London, United Kingdom
Profession	Lecturer
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Philip Bruce Goff CNZM^[1] (born 22 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician and diplomat. He currently serves as High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom since 2023. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2016. He served as leader of the Labour Party and leader of the Opposition between 11 November 2008 and 13 December 2011.

During the Fifth Labour Government, in office from 1999 to 2008, Goff was a senior minister in a number of portfolios, including Minister of Justice, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Minister of Defence, and Associate Minister of Finance.^[2]

Goff was elected mayor of Auckland in 2016, and served two terms, before retiring in 2022.