New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is seeking re-election at the country's Oct. 17 national poll.
- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is seeking re-election at the country’s Oct. 17 national poll.
Ardern was unanimously elected as deputy leader of Labour in March 2017. Five months later, she was parachuted into the Labour leadership when Andrew Little resigned just weeks before the general election. “Jacinda-mania” was coined to describe the buzz around the early months of her leadership and Ardern has maintained a vibrant social media presence, roping in famous friends like pop singer Lorde.
More recently, Ardern has been admired for her response to the coronavirus pandemic, swiftly closing New Zealand’s borders and putting the entire country on a month-long tight lockdown.Ardern, who was raised Mormon by her mother and police officer father, left the church over its stance on LGBTQ people in the early 2000s and has since described herself as “agnostic”.
“The idea that we would be compared to the outbreak in the United States by President Trump, obviously I totally rejected that and I stand by our response.” Ardern during the same debate.
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