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Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern is a New Zealand politician serving as the 40th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand since 26 October 2017. She has also served as the Leader of the Labour Party since 1 August 2017. Wikipedia
Born: July 26, 1980 (age 38 years), Hamilton, New Zealand
Height: 1.65 m
Nationality: New Zealand
Partner: Clarke Gayford
Children: Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford
Parents: Ross Ardern, Laurell Ardern
Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern[1] (/dʒəˈsɪndə ˈɑːrdɜːrn/;[2] born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician serving as the 40th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand since 26 October 2017. She has also served as the Leader of the Labour Party since 1 August 2017. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mount Albert electorate since 8 March 2017; she was first elected to parliament as a list MP at the 2008 general election.[3]
After graduating from the University of Waikato in 2001, Ardern began her career working as a researcher in the office of Prime Minister Helen Clark. She later worked in the United Kingdom as a policy advisor to British Prime Minister Tony Blair.[4] In 2008, she was elected President of the International Union of Socialist Youth.[5]
Ardern became a list MP in 2008, a position she held for almost ten years until her election to the Mount Albert electorate in the 2017 by-election, held on 25 February. She was unanimously elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party on 1 March 2017, following the resignation of Annette King. Ardern became Leader of the Labour Party on 1 August 2017, after Andrew Little resigned from the position following a historically low poll result for the party.[6] In the general election of 23 September 2017, the Labour Party won 46 seats (a net gain of 14), putting it behind the National Party, led by Bill English, which won 56 seats.[7] After negotiations with National and Labour, the New Zealand First party chose to enter into a minority coalition government with Labour, supported by the Greens, with Ardern as Prime Minister.[8]
Ideologically, Ardern describes herself as both a social democrat and a progressive.[9][10] She is the world's youngest female head of government, having taken office at age 37.[11] Giving birth to a daughter on 21 June 2018, Ardern became the world's second elected head of government to give birth while in office.[12]
40th Prime Minister of New Zealand
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 October 2017
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor-General Patsy Reddy
Deputy Winston Peters
Preceded by Bill English
36th Leader of the Opposition
In office
1 August 2017 – 26 October 2017
Deputy Kelvin Davis
Preceded by Andrew Little
Succeeded by Bill English
17th Leader of the Labour Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 August 2017
Deputy Kelvin Davis
Preceded by Andrew Little
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
In office
7 March 2017 – 1 August 2017
Leader Andrew Little
Preceded by Annette King
Succeeded by Kelvin Davis
17th Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office
1 March 2017 – 1 August 2017
Leader Andrew Little
Preceded by Annette King
Succeeded by Kelvin Davis
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Mount Albert
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 March 2017
Preceded by David Shearer
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for the Labour Party List
In office
8 November 2008 – 8 March 2017
Succeeded by Raymond Huo
Personal details
Pronunciation /dʒəˈsɪndə ˈɑːrdɜːrn/
Born Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern
26 July 1980 (age 38)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Political party Labour Party
Domestic partner Clarke Gayford
Children 1
Parents Ross Ardern
Laurell Ardern
Relatives Ian S. Ardern (uncle)
Residence Premier House, Wellington
Alma mater University of Waikato
Website jacinda.co.nz
Personal life
Ardern with her partner, Clarke Gayford (left), 2018
Raised a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), Ardern left the church in 2005 because, she said, it conflicted with her personal views; in particular her support for gay rights.[104] In January 2017, Ardern identified as "agnostic".[104]
Ardern's partner is television presenter Clarke Gayford.[105][106] The couple first met in 2012 when they were introduced by mutual friend Colin Mathura-Jeffree, a New Zealand television host and model,[107] but they didn't spend time together until Gayford contacted Ardern regarding a controversial Government Communications Security Bureau bill.[108] They had a ginger-and-white polydactyl cat named Paddles, which became a celebrity as the "First Cat" after Ardern took office; even having a Twitter account established in her name. Paddles died in early November 2017 after being hit by a car in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier.[109][110][111]
On 19 January 2018, Ardern revealed that she was expecting her first child in June, making her New Zealand's first Prime Minister to be pregnant whilst in office.[112] Ardern was admitted to Auckland City Hospital[113] on 21 June 2018, and gave birth to a girl at 4:45 pm (04:45 UTC) that day,[114][115] becoming only the second-elected head of government to give birth while in office (after Benazir Bhutto in 1990).[12][116] On 24 June, Ardern revealed her daughter's first name as Neve Te Aroha.[117] Neve is an anglicised form of the Irish name Niamh, meaning "bright"; Aroha is Māori for "love", and Te Aroha is a mountain in the Kaimai Range, near Ardern's home town of Morrinsville.[118]
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Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern is a New Zealand politician serving as the 40th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand since 26 October 2017. She has also served as the Leader of the Labour Party since 1 August 2017. Wikipedia
Born: July 26, 1980 (age 38 years), Hamilton, New Zealand
Height: 1.65 m
Nationality: New Zealand
Partner: Clarke Gayford
Children: Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford
Parents: Ross Ardern, Laurell Ardern
Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern[1] (/dʒəˈsɪndə ˈɑːrdɜːrn/;[2] born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician serving as the 40th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand since 26 October 2017. She has also served as the Leader of the Labour Party since 1 August 2017. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mount Albert electorate since 8 March 2017; she was first elected to parliament as a list MP at the 2008 general election.[3]
After graduating from the University of Waikato in 2001, Ardern began her career working as a researcher in the office of Prime Minister Helen Clark. She later worked in the United Kingdom as a policy advisor to British Prime Minister Tony Blair.[4] In 2008, she was elected President of the International Union of Socialist Youth.[5]
Ardern became a list MP in 2008, a position she held for almost ten years until her election to the Mount Albert electorate in the 2017 by-election, held on 25 February. She was unanimously elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party on 1 March 2017, following the resignation of Annette King. Ardern became Leader of the Labour Party on 1 August 2017, after Andrew Little resigned from the position following a historically low poll result for the party.[6] In the general election of 23 September 2017, the Labour Party won 46 seats (a net gain of 14), putting it behind the National Party, led by Bill English, which won 56 seats.[7] After negotiations with National and Labour, the New Zealand First party chose to enter into a minority coalition government with Labour, supported by the Greens, with Ardern as Prime Minister.[8]
Ideologically, Ardern describes herself as both a social democrat and a progressive.[9][10] She is the world's youngest female head of government, having taken office at age 37.[11] Giving birth to a daughter on 21 June 2018, Ardern became the world's second elected head of government to give birth while in office.[12]
40th Prime Minister of New Zealand
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 October 2017
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor-General Patsy Reddy
Deputy Winston Peters
Preceded by Bill English
36th Leader of the Opposition
In office
1 August 2017 – 26 October 2017
Deputy Kelvin Davis
Preceded by Andrew Little
Succeeded by Bill English
17th Leader of the Labour Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 August 2017
Deputy Kelvin Davis
Preceded by Andrew Little
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
In office
7 March 2017 – 1 August 2017
Leader Andrew Little
Preceded by Annette King
Succeeded by Kelvin Davis
17th Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office
1 March 2017 – 1 August 2017
Leader Andrew Little
Preceded by Annette King
Succeeded by Kelvin Davis
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Mount Albert
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 March 2017
Preceded by David Shearer
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for the Labour Party List
In office
8 November 2008 – 8 March 2017
Succeeded by Raymond Huo
Personal details
Pronunciation /dʒəˈsɪndə ˈɑːrdɜːrn/
Born Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern
26 July 1980 (age 38)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Political party Labour Party
Domestic partner Clarke Gayford
Children 1
Parents Ross Ardern
Laurell Ardern
Relatives Ian S. Ardern (uncle)
Residence Premier House, Wellington
Alma mater University of Waikato
Website jacinda.co.nz
Personal life
Ardern with her partner, Clarke Gayford (left), 2018
Raised a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), Ardern left the church in 2005 because, she said, it conflicted with her personal views; in particular her support for gay rights.[104] In January 2017, Ardern identified as "agnostic".[104]
Ardern's partner is television presenter Clarke Gayford.[105][106] The couple first met in 2012 when they were introduced by mutual friend Colin Mathura-Jeffree, a New Zealand television host and model,[107] but they didn't spend time together until Gayford contacted Ardern regarding a controversial Government Communications Security Bureau bill.[108] They had a ginger-and-white polydactyl cat named Paddles, which became a celebrity as the "First Cat" after Ardern took office; even having a Twitter account established in her name. Paddles died in early November 2017 after being hit by a car in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier.[109][110][111]
On 19 January 2018, Ardern revealed that she was expecting her first child in June, making her New Zealand's first Prime Minister to be pregnant whilst in office.[112] Ardern was admitted to Auckland City Hospital[113] on 21 June 2018, and gave birth to a girl at 4:45 pm (04:45 UTC) that day,[114][115] becoming only the second-elected head of government to give birth while in office (after Benazir Bhutto in 1990).[12][116] On 24 June, Ardern revealed her daughter's first name as Neve Te Aroha.[117] Neve is an anglicised form of the Irish name Niamh, meaning "bright"; Aroha is Māori for "love", and Te Aroha is a mountain in the Kaimai Range, near Ardern's home town of Morrinsville.[118]
