Minister for Multiculturalism

For the Australian federal minister, see Minister for Multicultural Affairs (Australia). For the Victorian minister, see Minister for Multicultural Affairs (Victoria).

The Minister for Multiculturalism is a minister of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for social policy and welfare, including multiculturalism in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Minister for Multiculturalism
Incumbent Steve Kamper since 5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)
Department of Communities and Justice
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Clive Evatt (as Minister in Charge of Tourist Activities and Immigration)
Formation	9 May 1946

The Minister since 5 April 2023 is Steve Kamper, who also holds the Small Business, Lands and Property, and Sport portfolios.

The Minister assists the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services administer her portfolio through the Department of Communities and Justice.^[1][2]

List of ministers

Ministerial title	Minister [2]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister in Charge of Tourist Activities and Immigration	Clive Evatt		Labor	McKell (2)	9 May 1946	6 February 1947	273 days
	Frank Finnan			McGirr (1) (2)	6 February 1947	9 March 1948	1 year, 32 days
	Claude Matthews			McGirr (2)	9 March 1948	21 September 1949	1 year, 196 days
	Joshua Arthur				21 September 1949	30 June 1950	3 years, 155 days
Minister for Immigration				McGirr (3) Cahill (1)	30 June 1950	23 February 1953
	Gus Kelly			Cahill (2)	23 February 1953	15 March 1956	3 years, 21 days
Minister for Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs	Steve Mauger		Liberal	Lewis (1) (2)	3 January 1975	23 January 1976	1 year, 20 days
	Jim Clough			Willis	23 January 1976	14 May 1976	112 days
Minister for Ethnic Affairs	Neville Wran		Labor	Wran (7) (8)	6 February 1985	4 July 1986	1 year, 148 days
	Barrie Unsworth			Unsworth	4 July 1986	21 March 1988	1 year, 261 days
	Nick Greiner		Liberal	Greiner (1) (2)	25 March 1988	24 June 1992	4 years, 95 days
	John Fahey			Fahey (1)	24 June 1992	3 July 1992	9 days
	George Souris		National	Fahey (2)	3 July 1992	26 May 1993	327 days
Minister for Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs	Michael Photios		Liberal	Fahey (3)	26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days
Minister for Ethnic Affairs	Bob Carr		Labor	Carr (1) (2)	4 April 1995	8 April 1999	10 years, 121 days
Minister for Citizenship				Carr (3) (4)	8 April 1999	3 August 2005
	Morris Iemma			Iemma (1) (2)	3 August 2005	5 September 2008	3 years, 33 days
	Virginia Judge			Rees	8 September 2008	4 December 2009	1 year, 90 days
	John Hatzistergos			Keneally	8 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 114 days
Minister for Citizenship and Communities	Victor Dominello		Liberal	O'Farrell Baird (1)	3 April 2011	2 April 2015	4 years, 5 days
Minister for Multiculturalism	John Ajaka			Baird (2)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days	[3]
	Ray Williams			Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days	[4]
Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans	John Sidoti			Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	17 September 2019	168 days	[5]
	Geoff Lee (acting)				17 September 2019	27 May 2021	1 year, 252 days
	Natalie Ward			Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	27 May 2021	21 December 2021	208 days	[6]
Minister for Multiculturalism	Mark Coure			Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	[7]
	Steve Kamper		Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	2 years, 41 days

Former ministerial titles

Assisting ministers

Ministerial title	Minister [2]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister Assisting the Premier on Citizenship	Morris Iemma		Labor	Carr (1) (2) (3)	8 April 1999	2 April 2003	3 years, 359 days
	John Hatzistergos			Carr (4)	2 April 2003	3 August 2005	2 years, 123 days
	Milton Orkopoulos			Iemma (1)	3 August 2005	8 November 2006	1 year, 97 days
	Reba Meagher				8 November 2006	2 April 2007	145 days
	Graham West			Iemma (2)	2 April 2007	11 April 2007	9 days
	Barbara Perry				11 April 2007	5 September 2008	1 year, 147 days

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Politics portal

• List of New South Wales government agencies