Keith Holyoake

Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, (/ˈhoʊlioʊk/; 11 February 1904 – 8 December 1983) was the 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand. He served for a brief period in 1957 and then from 1960 to 1972. He was also the 13th Governor-General of New Zealand, serving from 1977 to 1980.

The Right Honourable Sir Keith Holyoake
Keith Holyoake in 1960
13th Governor-General of New Zealand
In office 26 October 1977 – 25 October 1980
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Denis Blundell
Succeeded by	Sir David Beattie
26th Prime Minister of New Zealand
In office 12 December 1960 – 7 February 1972
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Charles Lyttelton Bernard Fergusson Arthur Porritt
Deputy	Jack Marshall
Preceded by	Walter Nash
Succeeded by	Jack Marshall
In office 20 September 1957 – 12 December 1957
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Charles Lyttelton
Deputy	Jack Marshall
Preceded by	Sidney Holland
Succeeded by	Walter Nash
1st Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
In office 13 November 1954 – 20 September 1957
Prime Minister	Sidney Holland
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Jack Marshall
Personal details
Born	(1904-02-11)11 February 1904 Pahiatua, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Died	8 December 1983(1983-12-08) (aged 79) Wellington, New Zealand
Political party	Reform National

Holyoake was a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. He used the following Post-nominal letters:

• KG Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
• GCMG Knight Grand Cross of The Most Distinguished Order Of Saint Michael And Saint George
• CH Order of the Companions of Honour
• QSO Companion of the Queen's Service Order
• KStJ Knight of Justice of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem

Keith Holyoake Media

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  Keith Jacka Holyoake, October 1933. Photograph taken by S P Andrew Ltd.

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  Holyoake (right) congratulating Walter Nash on Labour's victory in the 1957 election

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  Prime Minister-elect Holyoake leaving Parliament Buildings with the Clerk of the Executive Council, on the way to Government House. Photographed on 12 December 1960 by an Evening Post staff photographer.

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  Holyoake (fifth from the left) at a meeting of SEATO allies, outside the Old Legislative Building in Manila, Philippines on 24 October 1966.

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  Prime minister Keith Holyoake, at a meal to mark the opening of the St Lukes Shopping Centre, Auckland, on 22 September 1971.

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  A statue of Holyoake outside the State Services Commission, Molesworth Street, Wellington