1. Ex prime minister

2. Early life Helen Elizabeth Clark, (born 26 February 1950), was the eldest out of four daughters from a family at Te Pahu in the Waikato region. Her mother Margaret McMurray was a primary teacher. Her dad was a farmer. Helen studied at Epsom Girls Grammar School in Auckland and at the University of Auckland. Where she majored in politics and graduated with an AM (Honours) in 1974. she focused on political behavior and As a teenager Helen Clark became politically active protesting against the Vietnam war. Helen was brought up as a attending Sunday school weekly. She has described herself as agnostic. In 1974 Clark assisted Labour candidates to the Auckland City Council. Clark was a junior in political studies at the University of Auckland. Clark was elected to Parliament in 1981. She married sociologist Peter Davis, her partner of five years at that time, shortly before that election (put under pressure from some Labour members of the New Zealand Labour party to marry despite her own feelings about marriage.

3. Parliament Helen Cark first gained election to New Zealand house in the 1981 general election as one of four women who entered Parliament on that occasion. She became the second woman elected to represent an Auckland and the seventeenth woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament. but Helen Clark was the first elected one. In 2008 she became our fifth longest-serving PM and the first Labour Leader to win three consecutive elections. She won the Mount Albert seat in 1981. Clark served as a minister during Labour’s second term from 1987 and became deputy Pm two years later, but she also benefited from working smoothly with the party machinery. Helen Cark first gained election to New Zealand house in the 1981 general election as one of four women who entered Parliament on that occasion. She became the second woman elected to represent an Auckland and the seventeenth woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament. but Helen Clark was the first elected one. In 2008 she became our fifth longest-serving PM and the first Labour Leader to win three consecutive elections. She won the Mount Albert seat in 1981. Clark served as a minister during Labour’s second term from 1987 and became deputy Pm two years later, but she also benefited from working smoothly with the party machinery. She even modeled a costume in the Wearable Arts Awards. Although Clark still rated highly. She resigned as leader on election night 2008 and early in 2009 left for New York to head the United Nations Development Programme. she increased arts funding and raised the profile of our military heritage. She even modeled a costume in the Wearable Arts Awards. Although Clark still rated highly. She resigned as leader on election night 2008 and early in 2009 left for New York to head the United Nations Development Programme. she increased arts funding and raised the profile of our military heritage. Helen Clark is currently the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and was the 37 th Prime Minister of New Zealand. As Prime Minister she served three terms from 1999 to 2008 and was the first woman elected at a general election as the Prime Minister, and was the fifth longest serving person to hold that office. Helen Clark is currently the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and was the 37 th Prime Minister of New Zealand. As Prime Minister she served three terms from 1999 to 2008 and was the first woman elected at a general election as the Prime Minister, and was the fifth longest serving person to hold that office. Underpinned by her deputy, Michael Cullen,

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5. Prime-minister Helen Clark was Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage from 1999 until 2008. She also had responsibility for NZ Security Intelligence Service and for Ministerial Services. Her particular interests included, social policy and internal affairs. As Prime Minister, Helen Clark was a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an international network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilise the highest- level women leaders globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and development. Even though some commentators saw a stable government with the new MMP electoral system as unlikely Helen’s supporters credit her with maintaining three terms of stable MMP government. Even though some commentators saw a stable government with the new MMP electoral system as unlikely Helen’s supporters credit her with maintaining three terms of stable MMP government.

6. Children : None Political party : Labour party University : University of Auckland Born : 26 th February 1950 (Age 65) Signature =