Sir Brian Edward Talboys 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.
Talboys in 1980
Talboys addressing the UN General Assembly, August 1980.
Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
The deputy prime minister of New Zealand is the second-most senior member of the Cabinet of New Zealand. The officeholder usually deputises for the prime minister at official functions. The current deputy prime minister is Winston Peters of the NZ First party, who has held the position twice before, and will serve until 31 May 2025 due an arrangement under the current coalition government in which he would then be succeeded in the position by ACT party leader David Seymour.
Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
Image: Keith Holyoake 1954 (cropped)
Image: Jack Marshall, 1972
Image: Robert Muldoon 1970 (cropped)