Jonathan Coleman

Health Minister and Sport and Recreation Minister

50 years old Lives in Northcote, Auckland Entered Parliament in 2005

Raised in Meadowbank by his mother after his father died when he was 11. Auckland Grammar head boy. Studied medicine in Auckland and business in London. Worked as a GP in Otara. As Defence Minister, led New Zealand’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2012. The first doctor in 70 years to become Health Minister. As National’s health spokesman, was accused of blowing cigar smoke in a woman’s face in a British American Tobacco corporate box at a U2 concert. Married to Sandra and has two children.