New Zealand’s most openly republican PM, Jim Bolger presided over major electoral reform and Treaty of Waitangi settlements and outflanked Cabinet opposition to funding the new national museum.
Jim Bolger
Personal details
Full Name:
James Brendan Bolger
Prime Minister:
2 Nov 1990-8 Dec 1997
Age on becoming Prime Minister:
55
Electorate:
King Country
Political Party:
National
Biography
Main image: Swearing in Members of Parliament, 1990
In 1990 New Zealand's first Maori Governor-General, Sir Paul Reeves (1985–90) (right), swore in ministers in the newly elected National government of Jim Bolger (third from right); the Cabinet secretary and clerk of the Executive Council
