Paul Goldsmith is the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Minister of Justice, Minister for Media and Communications, Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and Minister for Pacific Peoples.

Born in Mt Eden and having attended Auckland Grammar School, Paul lives with his wife and their four children in the Epsom electorate. First elected off the National Party list in 2011, Paul served as the Chair of the Parliamentary Finance and Expenditure Select Committee. He held several Ministerial roles in the Fifth National Government.

Before entering Parliament, Paul was a historian and biographer publishing numerous books.