Jacinda Ardern will arguably go down as one of the most memorable leaders in modern political history
New Zealand Prime Minister . During her first term in office, she guided her country through its worst-ever terrorist attack, a global pandemic, and a deadly volcanic eruption.
Ardern announced that she will be leaving her post on February 7 and during an emotional speech at the annual caucus meeting for New Zealand's Labour party, she said: "I’m leaving, because with such a privileged role comes responsibility. The responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead and also when you are not.
For the following years Ardern was a prominent member of the Labour Party. In 2017 she became the youngest leader of the Labour Party in its history, with the general election just seven weeks away. Her handling of the Christ Church mass shooting - New Zealand was sent into turmoil when a lone gunman entered two mosques and began firing. The terrorist attack which occurred on March 15 2019 not only shocked the nation but the world.
Her support of gay marriage was even more important knowing that she was born a Mormon. In 2005 she left the Mormon church over it's stance on gay rights saying that she could "never reconcile what I saw as discrimination in a religion that was otherwise very focused on tolerance and kindness,".
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