Jenny Shipley - New Zealand's First Woman Prime Minister
Jenny Shipley Biography
It was at this stage that Shipley developed an interest in politics, initially at community and local government level before standing as the National Party candidate for the Ashburton electorate (now Rakaia) in 1987. Jenny Shipley won this seat and has retained it since then.
Jenny Shipley gained the position of Opposition Spokesperson on Social Welfare prior to the 1990 General Election, a portfolio she was to become Minister of in the 43rd Parliament, along with Women's Affairs. She was later appointed Minister of Health in 1994, Minister of State Services, Transport, State Owned Enterprises, ACC and Radio New Zealand after the 1996 election.
On 8 December 1997 Jenny Shipley took over as Prime Minister and Leader of the National Party from Jim Bolger. In doing so, she gained leadership of the Coalition Government, which was becoming increasingly unstable.
When the Coalition broke down on 18 August 1998, Jenny Shipley held on to her position as Prime Minister and National retained the government benches with support from ACT and former NZ First MPs.
In September 1999 Jenny Shipley was host to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) annual forum in Auckland, which attracted some of the world's top leaders to discuss shared trade and economic issues.
The policy developments advanced by the National Government failed to capture the voter's support, and on 27 November 1999 the Shipley led government were voted into opposition. Jenny Shipley retained the seat of Rakaia, and was the Leader of the Opposition until late 2001.
Jenny Shipley is married to Burton Shipley. They have two children, Anna and Ben and her interests include gardening, music, walking, and water sports.
-- Official biography from the New Zealand Prime Minister website.
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Dame Jennifer "Jenny" Mary Shipley, DNZM (born 4 February 1952, Gore, New Zealand), was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from December 1997 to December 1999, the first woman to hold this office and the first and to date only woman to serve as leader of the National Party.
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New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (commonly called the North Island and the South Island), and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous M?ori language name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud. The Realm of New Zealand also includes the Cook Islands and Niue (self-governing but in free association); Tokelau; and the Ross Dependency (New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica).
New Zealand is notable for its geographic isolation: it is situated about 2,000 km (1250 miles) southeast of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and its closest neighbours to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga. During its long isolation New Zealand developed a distinctive fauna dominated by birds, a number of which became extinct after the arrival of humans and the mammals they introduced.
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Prime Ministers of New Zealand 1856 - present
All the Prime Ministers of New Zealand, from 1856 to today. Starting with Henry Sewell in 1856 and ending with John Key, who was elected on the 8th of November, 2008. In total, 38 people have held the office of Prime Minister with some elected on more than one occasion. For a detailed list see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_New_Zealand Henry Sewell Sir William Fox Sir Edward Stafford Alfred Domett Sir Frederick Whitaker Sir Frederick Weld George Waterhouse Sir Julius Vogel Daniel Pollen Sir Harry Atkinson Sir George Grey John Hall Sir Robert Stout John Ballance Richard Seddon William Hall-Jones Sir Joseph Ward Thomas MacKenzie William Massey Sir Francis Bell Gordon Coates George Forbes Michael Joseph Savage Peter Fraser Sir Sidney Holland Sir Keith Holyoake Walter Nash Jack Marshall Norman Kirk Bill Rowling Sir Robert Muldoon David Lange Sir Geoffrey Palmer Mike Moore Jim Bolger Jenny Shipley Helen Clark John Key
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- brooke brooke Sep 1, 2009 @ 1:25 am
- Jenny has influenced society by making intreaving and differcult decisions over the years and has made society what it is today & making by- laws , laws, and huge impact on woman's safty in our coulture.
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- Bob Bob Aug 18, 2008 @ 3:52 pm
- Jenny she is uhm something she was real ditermind to bocome pm yeah g0 jenny g0 g0 jenny
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- Bob Bob Aug 18, 2008 @ 3:52 pm
- Jenny she is uhm something she was real ditermind to bocome pm yeah g0 jenny g0 g0 jenny
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