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New Zealand politician, physician and infectious-diseases researcher
The Honourable
Ayesha Verrall
MPFRACP
Verrall in 2023
43rd Minister of Health
In office 1 February 2023 – 27 November 2023
Prime Minister
Chris Hipkins
Preceded by
Andrew Little
Succeeded by
Shane Reti
2nd Minister for COVID-19 Response
In office 14 June 2022 – 1 February 2023
Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern Chris Hipkins
Preceded by
Chris Hipkins
Succeeded by
Position abolished
27th Minister for Research, Science and Innovation
In office 14 June 2022 – 27 November 2023
Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern Chris Hipkins
Preceded by
Megan Woods
Succeeded by
Judith Collins
14th Minister for Seniors
In office 6 November 2020 – 1 February 2023
Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern Chris Hipkins
Preceded by
Tracey Martin
Succeeded by
Ginny Andersen
8th Minister for Food Safety
In office 6 November 2020 – 14 June 2022
Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern
Preceded by
Damien O'Connor
Succeeded by
Meka Whaitiri
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour party list
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 October 2020
Personal details
Born
Ayesha Jennifer Verrall
1979 (age 44–45) Invercargill, New Zealand
Nationality
New Zealand Maldivian
Political party
Labour
Spouse
Alice
Children
1
Relatives
Mohamed Nasheed (cousin)
Alma mater
University of Otago (MB ChB, PhD) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (MSc) Gorgas Institute (DipTropMedH)
Website
University of Otago profile
Scientific career
Fields
Infectious diseases
Institutions
University of Otago, Wellington
Thesis
Innate Factors in Early Clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis(2018)
Doctoral advisors
Philip Hill Katrina Sharples Reinout van Crevel Bachti Alisjahbana
Ayesha Jennifer VerrallMPFRACP (/ˈaɪʃə/EYE-shə;[1] born 1979[2][3]) is a New Zealand politician, infectious-diseases physician, and researcher with expertise in tuberculosis and international health. She is a Labour Party Member of the New Zealand Parliament and a Cabinet Minister with the roles of Minister of Health and Minister for Research, Science and Innovation. She has worked as a senior lecturer at the University of Otago, Wellington and as a member of the Capital and Coast District Health Board. During the COVID-19 pandemic she provided the Ministry of Health with an independent review and recommendations for its contact-tracing approach to COVID-19 cases.[4]
^"New Labour MP Dr Ayesha Verrall straight into Cabinet". YouTube. RNZ. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^Cooke, Henry (10 November 2020). "Election 2020: Jacinda Ardern no longer the youngest person in her Cabinet, as average age shifts down". Stuff. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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^"One year on: Ayesha Verrall on how we've changed". Newsroom. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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