Future PM of New Zealand announces formation of new government

The leader of the New Zealand National Party, which won the parliamentary elections in October, Christopher Lacson, has announced his readiness to form a government and announced the composition of the country’s new cabinet of ministers, Report informs.

He wrote on X that he had informed the governor-general about his readiness to form a government and added that he was looking forward to being sworn in as the 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand.

The new cabinet will include 20 ministers: 14 from the New Zealand National Party and three each from the ACT and the New Zealand First party.