Editing New Zealand National Party (section)

==Leadership==
===Party leaders since 1936===
{{Main|Leader of the New Zealand National Party}}
'''Key:'''<br />
{{legend2|{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}|National|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br />
''PM'': [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]]<br />
''LO'': [[Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)|Leader of the Opposition]]

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
!Name
!Portrait
!colspan=2|Term of Office
!Position
!colspan=2|Prime Minister
|-
! rowspan=2| 1
| rowspan=2|[[Adam Hamilton]]
| rowspan=2|[[File:Adam_Hamilton,_1930s.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2|2 November 1936
| rowspan=2|26 November 1940
| rowspan=2|''LO'' <small>1936–1940</small>
| height=100 style="background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|
| [[Michael Joseph Savage|Savage]]
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|
| rowspan=2|[[Peter Fraser|Fraser]]
|-
! rowspan=2| 2
| rowspan=2|[[Sidney Holland]]
| rowspan=2| [[File:Sidney_George_Holland_(1953)_2.png|100px]]
| rowspan=2|26 November 1940
| rowspan=2|20 September 1957
| ''LO'' <small>1940–1949</small>
|-
| ''PM'' <small>1949–1957</small>
| style="background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|
| ''Holland''
|-
! rowspan=3|3
| rowspan=3|[[Keith Holyoake]]
| rowspan=3| [[File:Keith Holyoake (crop).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=3|20 September 1957
| rowspan=3|7 February 1972
| ''PM'' <small>1957</small>
| style="background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|
| ''Holyoake''
|-
| ''LO'' <small>1957–1960</small>
| style="background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|
| [[Walter Nash|Nash]]
|-
| ''PM'' <small>1960–1972</small>
| style="background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|
| ''Holyoake''
|-
! rowspan=2|4
| rowspan=2|[[Jack Marshall]]
| rowspan=2| [[File:Jack_Marshall,_1972.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2|7 February 1972
| rowspan=2|4 July 1974
| ''PM'' <small>1972</small>
| height=50 style="background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|
| ''Marshall''
|-
| ''LO'' <small>1972–1974</small>
| style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|
| rowspan=2|[[Norman Kirk|Kirk]]
|-
! rowspan=4|5
| rowspan=4|[[Robert Muldoon]]
| rowspan=4| [[File:Muldoon 1978.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=4|4 July 1974
| rowspan=4|29 November 1984
| rowspan=2|''LO'' <small>1974–1975</small>
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|
|-
| height=50 style="background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|
| [[Bill Rowling|Rowling]]
|-
| ''PM'' <small>1975–1984</small>
| style="background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|
| ''Muldoon''
|-
| ''LO'' <small>1984</small>
| rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:solid 0 gray; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|
| rowspan=3|[[David Lange|Lange]]
|-
! 6
| [[Jim McLay]]
| [[File:Conference_on_Facilitating_the_Entry_into_Force_of_the_CTBT_-_Flickr_-_The_Official_CTBTO_Photostream_(18).jpg|100px]]
| 29 November 1984
| 26 March 1986
| ''LO'' <small>1984–1986</small>
|-
! rowspan=4|7
| rowspan=4|[[Jim Bolger]]
| rowspan=4| [[File:Jim_Bolger_ONZ_2018_(cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=4|26 March 1986
| rowspan=4|8 December 1997
| rowspan=3|''LO'' <small>1986–1990</small>
| height=15 style="border-top:solid 0 gray; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|
|-
| style="background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|
| [[Geoffrey Palmer (New Zealand politician)|Palmer]]
|-
| style="background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|
| [[Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)|Moore]]
|-
| ''PM'' <small>1990–1997</small>
| style="background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|
| ''Bolger''
|-
! rowspan=2|8
| rowspan=2|[[Jenny Shipley]]
| rowspan=2| [[File:Jenny_Shipley_and_Winnie_Laban_(crop).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2|8 December 1997
| rowspan=2|8 October 2001
| ''PM'' <small>1997–1999</small>
| style="background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|
| ''Shipley''
|-
| ''LO'' <small>1999–2001</small>
| rowspan=4 style="background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}"|
| rowspan=4|[[Helen Clark|Clark]]
|-
! 9
| [[Bill English]]
| [[File:Bill_English_KNZM_(cropped).jpg|100px]]
| 8 October 2001
| 28 October 2003
| ''LO'' <small>2001–2003</small>
|-
! 10
| [[Don Brash]]
| [[File:Don.Brash.jpg|100px]]
| 28 October 2003
| 27 November 2006
| ''LO'' <small>2003–2006</small>
|-
! rowspan=2|11
| rowspan=2|[[John Key]]
| rowspan=2|[[File:John_Key_Pentagon_2014_(cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2|27 November 2006
| rowspan=2| 12 December 2016
| ''LO'' <small>2006–2008</small>
|-
| ''PM'' <small>2008–2016</small>
| style="background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|
| ''Key''
|-
! rowspan=2|(9)
| rowspan=2|[[Bill English]]
| rowspan=2|[[File:Bill_English_KNZM_(cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2|12 December 2016
| rowspan=2|27 February 2018
| ''PM'' <small>2016–2017</small>
| style="background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|
| ''English''
|-
| ''LO'' <small>2017–2018</small>
| rowspan=4 style="border-bottom:solid 0 gray; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
| rowspan=5|[[Jacinda Ardern|Ardern]]
|-
! 12
| [[Simon Bridges]]
| [[File:Simon_Bridges_2019_(cropped).jpg|100px]]
| 27 February 2018
| 22 May 2020
| ''LO'' <small>2018–2020</small>
|-
! 13
| [[Todd Muller]]
| [[File:Todd_Muller.jpg|100px]]
| 22 May 2020
| 14 July 2020
| ''LO'' <small>2020</small>
|-
! 14
| [[Judith Collins]]
| [[File:Judith_Collins.png|100px]]
| 14 July 2020
| 25 November 2021
| ''LO'' <small>2020–2021</small>
|-
! rowspan=3|15
| rowspan=3|[[Christopher Luxon]]
| rowspan=3|[[File:Christopher Luxon (52535372229) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=3|30 November 2021
| rowspan=3|''Incumbent''
| rowspan=2|''LO'' <small>2021–2023</small>
| style="border-top:solid 0 gray; background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
|-
| height=15 style="background:{{party color|New Zealand Labour Party}}" |
| [[Chris Hipkins|Hipkins]]
|-
| ''PM'' <small>2023–present</small>
| height=50 style="background:{{party color|New Zealand National Party}}"|
| ''Luxon''
|}

====Living former party leaders====

{{As of|2021|11}}, there are nine living former party leaders, as seen below.
<gallery>
File:Jim McLay.jpg|[[Jim McLay|Sir Jim McLay]]<br />served 1984–1986 <br />born 1945 (age {{age|1945|02|21}})
File:Jim Bolger at press conference retouched.jpg|[[Jim Bolger]]<br />served 1986–1997 <br />born 1935 (age {{age|1935|05|31}})
File:Jenny Shipley and Winnie Laban (crop).jpg|[[Jenny Shipley|Dame Jenny Shipley]]<br />served 1997–2001<br />born 1952 (age {{age|1952|02|04}})
File:Bill English September 2016.jpg|[[Bill English|Sir Bill English]]<br />served 2001–03; 2016–18<br />born 1961 (age {{age|1961|12|30}})
File:Don.Brash.jpg|[[Don Brash]]<br />served 2003–2006<br />born 1940 (age {{age|1940|09|24}})
File:John Key 2014 (cropped).jpg|[[John Key|Sir John Key]]<br />served 2006–2016<br />born 1961 (age {{age|1961|08|09}})
File:Simon Bridges 2019 (cropped).jpg|[[Simon Bridges]]<br />served 2018–2020<br />born 1976 (age {{age|1976|10|12}})
File:Todd_Muller.jpg|[[Todd Muller]]<br />served 2020<br />born 1968 (age {{age|1968|12|23}})
File:Judith Collins.png|[[Judith Collins]]<br />served 2020–2021<br />born 1959 (age {{age|1959|02|24}})
</gallery>

===Deputy leaders===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
!Name
!Term
|-
| 1 || [[George Forbes (New Zealand politician)|George Forbes]]|| 1937–1941
|-
|2
|[[William Polson]]
|1940–1946
|-
| 3 || [[Keith Holyoake]]|| 1946–1957
|-
| 4 || [[Jack Marshall]]|| 1957–1972
|-
| 5 || [[Robert Muldoon]]|| 1972–1974
|-
| 6 || [[Brian Talboys]]|| 1974–1981
|-
| 7 || [[Duncan MacIntyre (New Zealand politician)|Duncan MacIntyre]]|| 1981–1984
|-
| 8 || [[Jim McLay]]|| 1984
|-
| 9 || [[Jim Bolger]]|| 1984–1986
|-
| 10 || [[George Gair]]|| 1986–1987
|-
| 11 || [[Don McKinnon]]|| 1987–1997
|-
| 12 || [[Wyatt Creech]]|| 1997–2001
|-
| 13 || [[Bill English]]|| 2001
|-
| 14 || [[Roger Sowry]]|| 2001–2003
|-
| 15 || [[Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)|Nick Smith]]|| 2003
|-
| 16 || [[Gerry Brownlee]] || 2003–2006
|-
| (12) || [[Bill English]] || 2006–2016
|-
| 17 || [[Paula Bennett]] || 2016–2020
|-
| 18 || [[Nikki Kaye]] || 2020
|-
| (15) || [[Gerry Brownlee]] || 2020
|-
| 19 || [[Shane Reti]] || 2020–2021
|-
| 20 || [[Nicola Willis (politician)|Nicola Willis]] || 2021–present
|}

===Party presidents===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
!Name
!Term
|-
| 1 || [[George Wilson (businessman)|George Wilson]]<!-- Q105683007 -->|| 1936
|-
| 2 || [[Claude Weston]] || 1936–1940
|-
| 3 || Alex Gordon  || 1940–1944
|-
| 4 || [[Wilfrid Sim]]  || 1944–1951
|-
| 5 || [[Alex McKenzie]]<!-- Q99607573 --> || 1951–1962
|-
| 6 || [[Jack Meadowcroft]]<!-- Q110451622 -->|| 1962–1966
|-
| 7 || [[Ned Holt]]<!-- Q75542073 --> || 1966–1973
|-
| 8 || [[George Chapman (party president)|George Chapman]] || 1973–1982
|-
| 9 || [[Sue Wood]] || 1982–1986
|-
| 10 || [[Neville Young]]  || 1986–1989
|-
| 11 || [[John Collinge]] || 1989–1994
|-
| 12 || [[Lindsay Tisch]] || 1994
|-
| 13 || [[Geoff Thompson (politician)|Geoff Thompson]]|| 1994–1998
|-
| 14 || [[John Slater (New Zealand politician)|John Slater]]|| 1998–2001
|-
| 15 || [[Michelle Boag]] || 2001–2002
|-
| 16 || [[Judy Kirk]]|| 2002–2009
|-
| 17 || [[Peter Goodfellow (politician)|Peter Goodfellow]]|| 2009–2022
|-
| 18 || [[Sylvia Wood]]|| 2022–present
|}

Short biographies of all presidents up to Sue Wood appear in Barry Gustafson's ''The First Fifty Years''.