Brian Talboys

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 Minister	Robert Muldoon
Preceded by	Bob Tizard
Succeeded by	Duncan MacIntyre
18th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 12 December 1975 – 11 December 1981
Prime Minister	Robert Muldoon
Preceded by	Bill Rowling
Succeeded by	Warren Cooper
1st Minister of Trade and Industry
In office 24 October 1972 – 8 December 1972
Prime Minister	Jack Marshall
Succeeded by	Warren Freer
24th Minister of Industries and Commerce
In office 9 February 1972 – 24 October 1972
Prime Minister	Jack Marshall
Preceded by	Norman Shelton
29th Minister of Education
In office 22 December 1969 – 9 February 1972
Prime Minister	Keith Holyoake
Preceded by	Arthur Kinsella
Succeeded by	Lorrie Pickering
18th Minister of Agriculture
In office 24 January 1962 – 22 December 1969
Prime Minister	Keith Holyoake
Preceded by	Thomas Hayman
Succeeded by	Douglas Carter
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Wallace
In office 30 November 1957 – 28 November 1981
Preceded by	Tom Macdonald
Succeeded by	Derek Angus
Personal details
Born	(1921-06-07)7 June 1921 Wanganui, New Zealand
Died	3 June 2012(2012-06-03) (aged 90) Invercargill, New Zealand
Political party	National
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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.^[1][2][3] If the abortive "Colonels' Coup" against Muldoon had been successful, Talboys would have become Prime Minister himself.