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
Lifetime:
31 May 1935 – 15 Oct 2025
Prime Minister:
2 Nov 1990-8 Dec 1997
Age on becoming Prime Minister:
55
Electorate:
King Country
Political Party:
National
Biography
Events In History
1 April 1992
The New Zealand Cartoon Archive (now the New Zealand Cartoon and Comics Archive) was launched at a function at the National Library in Wellington by Prime Minister Jim Bolger.
Main image: Swearing in ministers, 1990
In 1990 New Zealand's first Māori governor-general, Sir Paul Reeves (1985–90) (right), swore in ministers in the newly elected National government of Jim Bolger (third from right)
