Chief Minister of the Northern Territory

The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory is the head of government of the Northern Territory.

Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
Incumbent Eva Lawler since 13 May 2022
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Administrator of the Northern Territory
Term length	At the Administrator's pleasure
Formation	1974

The Chief Minister is formally appointed by the Administrator, who will appoint the head of whichever party holds the majority of seats in the unicameral Legislative Assembly.

Since 21 December 2023, following the resignation of Natasha Fyles, the current Chief Minister is Eva Lawler of the Labor Party. She is the third woman to be Chief Minister of the Northern Territory.

List of Chief Ministers of the Northern Territory

From the foundation of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in 1974 until the granting of self-government in 1978, the head of government was known as the Majority Leader:

Majority Leader	Party		Term start	Term end	Term in office	Executive
Goff Letts		Country Liberal	19 October 1974 (1974-10-19)	12 August 1977 (1977-08-12)	2 years, 297 days	Letts Executive
Paul Everingham		Country Liberal	13 August 1977 (1977-08-13)	30 June 1978 (1978-06-30)	321 days	Everingham Executive

From 1978, the position was known as the Chief Minister:

Chief Minister	Party		Term start	Term end	Term in office	Ministry
Paul Everingham		Country Liberal	1 July 1978 (1978-07-01)	15 October 1984 (1984-10-15)	6 years, 106 days	Everingham Ministry
Ian Tuxworth		Country Liberal	16 October 1984 (1984-10-16)	13 May 1986 (1986-05-13)	1 year, 209 days	Tuxworth Ministry
Stephen Hatton		Country Liberal	14 May 1986 (1986-05-14)	12 July 1988 (1988-07-12)	2 years, 59 days	Hatton Ministry
Marshall Perron		Country Liberal	13 July 1988 (1988-07-13)	24 May 1995 (1995-05-24)	6 years, 315 days	Perron Ministry
Shane Stone		Country Liberal	25 May 1995 (1995-05-25)	7 February 1999 (1999-02-07)	3 years, 258 days	Stone Ministry
Denis Burke		Country Liberal	8 February 1999 (1999-02-08)	27 August 2001 (2001-08-27)	2 years, 190 days	Burke Ministry
Clare Martin		Labor	27 August 2001 (2001-08-27)	26 November 2007 (2007-11-26)	6 years, 100 days	Martin Ministry
Paul Henderson		Labor	26 November 2007 (2007-11-26)	28 August 2012 (2012-08-28)	4 years, 276 days	Henderson Ministry
Terry Mills		Country Liberal	29 August 2012 (2012-08-29)	13 March 2013 (2013-03-13)	196 days	Mills Ministry
Adam Giles		Country Liberal	14 March 2013 (2013-03-14)	30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	3 years, 169 days	Giles Ministry
Michael Gunner		Labor	31 August 2016 (2016-08-31)	13 May 2022 (2022-05-13)	5 years, 255 days	Gunner Ministry
Natasha Fyles		Labor	31 August 2022 (2022-08-31)	Incumbent	1 year, 324 days	Fyles Ministry