Brian Talboys

Sir Brian Edward Talboys CH KCB AC PC (7 June 1921 – 3 June 2012) was a New Zealand politician who served as the seventh deputy prime minister of New Zealand for the first two terms of Robert Muldoon's premiership. If the abortive "Colonels' Coup" against Muldoon had been successful, Talboys would have become Prime Minister himself.

The Right Honourable
Sir Brian Talboys
CH KCB AC
Talboys in 1980
7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
In office
12 December 1975  4 March 1981
Prime MinisterRobert Muldoon
Preceded byBob Tizard
Succeeded byDuncan MacIntyre
18th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
12 December 1975  11 December 1981
Prime MinisterRobert Muldoon
Preceded byBill Rowling
Succeeded byWarren Cooper
1st Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
24 October 1972  8 December 1972
Prime MinisterJack Marshall
Succeeded byWarren Freer
24th Minister of Industries and Commerce
In office
9 February 1972  24 October 1972
Prime MinisterJack Marshall
Preceded byNorman Shelton
29th Minister of Education
In office
22 December 1969  9 February 1972
Prime MinisterKeith Holyoake
Preceded byArthur Kinsella
Succeeded byLorrie Pickering
18th Minister of Agriculture
In office
24 January 1962  22 December 1969
Prime MinisterKeith Holyoake
Preceded byThomas Hayman
Succeeded byDouglas Carter
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Wallace
In office
30 November 1957  28 November 1981
Preceded byTom Macdonald
Succeeded byDerek Angus
Personal details
Born(1921-06-07)7 June 1921
Wanganui, New Zealand
Died3 June 2012(2012-06-03) (aged 90)
Invercargill, New Zealand
Political partyNational
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