Helen Clark.
Helen Clark is the Prime Minister of New Zealand and all evidence shows that (s)he is female.
Mabel Howard, an MP in the NZ Labour Party.
Jenny Shipley (National Party) was New Zealand's first female prime minister. (1997-1999.)
The only practical advantage is serving as a visible role model to those who would benefit by it.
i lived in new zealand for 12 years and then moved to Australia. the Australian dollar is worth more than the new zealand dollar. new zealand has much more hills/ mountains because it is on a faultline (earthquakes) and Australia is not. Julia gillard is Australia's first female prime minister. new zealand had a female prime minister, Helen clark, years ago. New zealand is about the length of the Northern Territory in Australia. Australia is enormous compared to new zealand new zealand only have regions, not states, as Australia do in new zealand they call FLIP FLOPS or THONGS jandles. there are alot of slang differences in Australia and new zealand in new zealand they say burger king. in Australia it is hungry jacks.
Helen Clark (Jenny Shipley only became Prime Minister after replacing Jim Bolger as head of the governing party, and so was not elected to office).
Yes, she was indeed the first female Minister of Justice, the first female Minister of National Defence and the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi served as India's Prime Minster for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 to 1984, when she was assassinated. She thus holds the longest rule as female Prime Minister in the world.
A list of the world's most powerful 'unheard-of' women. In 2009, Clark became the first female adminstrator of the U.N. Development Programme. She had previously been the first female "elected" prime minister of New Zealand, following Jenny Shipley who was the first female prime minister following the resignation of Jim Bolger in 1997.
The National Party, led by John Key, was elected as the Government of New Zealand on the 8th of November 2008, though he did not assume the office of the Prime Minister until the 19th of November 2008.
Yes, Australia got its first female Prime Minister on the 24th June 2010. The Hon, Madam Prime Minister, Julia Gillard will face an election on the 21st of August.No, no woman has ever been the Prime Minister of Australia.
the first female prime minister in the caribbean is Eugenia Charles of Dominica. She served from 1980 to 1995