Post: | Minister for the Environment |
Body: | Victoria |
Incumbentsince: | 2 October 2023 |
Flag: | Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg |
Flagsize: | 120px |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Victoria |
Flagborder: | yes |
Insignia: | Coat of Arms of Victoria.svg |
Insigniasize: | 120px |
Insigniacaption: | Victorian Coat of arms |
Department: | Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action |
Style: | The Honourable |
Member Of: | Parliament Executive council |
Reports To: | Premier |
Nominator: | Premier |
Appointer: | Governor |
Appointer Qualified: | on the recommendation of the premier |
Termlength: | At the governor's pleasure |
Precursor: | Minister for Conservation |
Formation: | 1 September 1983 |
Inaugural: | Evan Walker MLC |
The Minister for the Environment is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the Victorian Government's laws and initiatives on environment.
Steve Dimopoulos has been the minister since October 2023.
Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
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1 | Evan Walker MLC | Labor | Minister for Planning and Environment | 1 September 1983 | 25 February 1986 | [1] | |||
2 | Jim Kennan MLC | 25 February 1986 | 14 December 1987 | ||||||
3 | 14 December 1987 | 10 August 1990 | |||||||
4 | Minister for Conservation and Environment | 10 August 1990 | 28 January 1992 | [2] | |||||
5 | Barry Pullen MLC | 28 January 1992 | 6 October 1992 | ||||||
6 | Mark Birrell MLC | Liberal | 6 October 1992 | 3 April 1996 | [3] | ||||
7 | Labor | Minister for Environment and Conservation | 20 October 1999 | 5 December 2002 | [4] | ||||
8 | Minister for Water, Environment and Climate Change | 5 December 2002 | 30 July 2007 | ||||||
9 | 30 July 2007 | 3 August 2007 | [5] | ||||||
10 | Gavin Jennings MLC | Minister for Environment and Climate Change | 3 August 2007 | 2 December 2010 | |||||
11 | Liberal | 2 December 2010 | 4 December 2015 | [6] [7] | |||||
12 | Labor | Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water | 4 December 2014 | 23 May 2016 | [8] | ||||
13 | Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change | 23 May 2016 | 29 November 2018 | ||||||
Minister for Environment and Climate Action | 27 June 2022 | 5 December 2022 | |||||||
14 | Ingrid Stitt MLC | Minister for the Environment | 5 December 2022 | 2 October 2023 | |||||
15 | 2 October 2023 | Incumbent | [9] |