Personal details
Full Name:
- Jennifer Mary Shipley
Lifetime:
- 4 Feb 1952–
Prime Minister:
8 Dec 1997–5 Dec 1999
Age on becoming PM:
45
Electorate:
Rakaia
Political Party:
National
Biography
New Zealand’s first woman PM, Jenny Shipley came to power in 1997 after staging a carefully planned coup against Jim Bolger.
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Main image: Jenny Shipley
Standing portrait of Jennifer (Jenny) Shipley, 27 March 1993.