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Annette Faye King (born 13 September 1947) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the governing Labour Party, and currently serves in Cabinet as Minister of Police, Minister of Food Safety, Minister of Transport and Minister of State Services.

King was born in Murchison, a town in the West Coast region of the South Island. After receiving primary and secondary education in Murchison, she attended the University of Waikato and gained a BA degree. She then obtained a post-graduate diploma in dental nursing, and worked as a dental nurse from 1967 to 1981. She was a tutor of dental nursing in Wellington from 1982 to 1984.

King joined the Labour Party in 1972, and has held various offices within the party (including a term on the party's Executive). In the 1984 elections, she stood as the party's candidate for Horowhenua, and was successful. She was re-elected in the 1987 elections. In 1989, she was elevated to Cabinet, becoming Minister of Employment, Minister of Immigration, and Minister of Youth Affairs. She was also given special responsibility for liaising between Cabinet and the party caucus.

In the 1990 elections, King lost her Horowhenua seat, and so found herself outside Parliament. She served as Chief Executive of the Palmerston North Enterprise Board from 1991 until the 1993 elections, when she was returned to Parliament as the MP for Miramar. In the 1996 elections, when the shift to MMP prompted a reorganization of electorates, King successfully contested the new seat of Rongotai, which she still represents. She was also ranked in sixth place on the Labour Party's first MMP party list.

When Labour won the 1999 elections, and Helen Clark became Prime Minister, King was appointed Minister of Health. She is ranked sixth within Cabinet.

When Labour won the 2005 election King asked Helen Clark for the Police portfolio. King also took on the role as Minister of Transport.

King continues to remain a popular minister, but has always ruled out leadership ambitions. She managed to preside as Health Minister for 6 years without the controversies that previous ministers of health have had to contend with. There was some talk last year that King would contest the Wellington Mayoralty. Although this appears to be unlikely with the departure of Labour List MP Georgina Buyer, who has said she will decide on a run for the Mayoralty during the next month. King is said to be on the right of the party along with Phil Goff, who has been sighted as a potential replacement for Helen Clark.

There are storng rumors within the Labour Party that Annette King will not contest the 2008 election