New Zealand’s third female PM, and at 37 our youngest leader since Edward Stafford in 1856, Jacinda Ardern enjoyed perhaps the most meteoric rise to power of any New Zealand PM
Jacinda Ardern
Personal details
Full Name:
Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern
Prime Minister:
26 Oct 2017–25 January 2023
Age on becoming Prime Minister:
37
Electorate:
Mt Albert
Political Party:
Labour
Biography
Events In History
25 March 2020
At 11.59 p.m. on Wednesday 25 March 2020, New Zealand entered a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus around the country.
15 March 2019
New Zealand’s Muslim community suffered an horrific attack when a self-proclaimed ‘white nationalist’ opened fire on worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch. Fifty people were killed and 41 wounded, one of whom died six weeks later.
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