New Zealand names new health minister
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Tony Ryall has been named as New Zealand’s minister of health for the newly-elected centre right National Party ruled government. Mr Ryall, who currently represents the Bay of Plenty electorate, will also hold the post of minister of state services. Before entering politics in 1990, Mr Ryall worked as a credit analyst for a bank. The associate ministers for health have been named as: Jonathan Coleman, Tariana Turia and Peter Dunne.
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