Deputy Chief Minister Of The Northern Territory
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The deputy chief minister of the Northern Territory is a role in the
Government of the Northern Territory The Government of the Northern Territory of Australia, also referred to as the Northern Territory Government, is the Australian territorial democratic administrative authority of the Northern Territory. The Government of Northern Territory wa ...
assigned to a responsible Minister in the
Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
. It has second ranking behind the
chief minister of the Northern Territory The chief minister of the Northern Territory is the head of government of the Northern Territory. The office is the equivalent of a state premier. When the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was created in 1974, the head of government wa ...
in
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, and its holder serves as acting chief minister during absence or incapacity of the chief minister. The deputy chief minister is almost always the deputy leader of the governing party. The incumbent deputy chief minister of the Northern Territory is
Nicole Manison Nicole Susan Manison (born 1979) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 2013, representing the electorate of Wanguri. She has been Deputy Chief Minister since the 20 ...
. Manison assumed the position in September 2016 becoming the first deputy chief minister of the current Labor Government since August 2016.


List of deputy chief ministers of the Northern Territory


References


Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974 – 2012 Office Holders


See also

* List of chief ministers of the Northern Territory by time in office {{Australian deputy premiers * Northern
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