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Who was new zealands first woman prime minister?

Jenny Shipley (National Party) was New Zealand's first female prime minister. (1997-1999.)


In 1997 Jenny Shipley became New Zealand's first woman?

She became New Zealand's first prime minister


Who was the first woman leader of a major political party in NZ?

Helen Clarke was the first elected female Prime Minister. Jenny Shipley was the first female Prime Minister but took over from Jim Bolger while in office.


Who was the first NZ feamale prime minister?

Jenny Shipley - in office from December 1997 to December 1999.


Who was nz's first lady prime minister?

NZ's First Female Prime Minister was Jenny Shipley, although she wasnt NZ's first elected Prime Minister. Jenny Shipley ousted the previous Prime Minister Jim Bolger in mid-1997. She was succeeded by the first elected Prime Minister, Helen Clark, in 1999.


Who was New Zealand's first elected female prime Minister?

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).


How many women Prime ministers have their been in the history of NZ?

Only one. Dame Jenny Shipley assumed the role of Prime Minister of New Zealand on December the 8th 1997. She took over the office of Prime Minister after assuming leadership of the National Party from Jim Bolger. Since Dame Jenny Shipley there has only been one other female Prime Minister, Helen Clarke, who, as leader of the Labour Party, led the Government from 1999 to 2008.


Who was the first female prime minister of nz?

The first woman MP was Elizabeth McCombs elected in 1933, 40 years after women first got the vote in New Zealand. She was elected to represent the Lyttleton electorate in a bye-election after her husband James McCombs the previous MP died while in office. Unfortunately she died herself only 2 years later in 1935. She was a great advocate for women's rights in New Zealand.


On what list has former prime minister Helen Clark been ranked number one?

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.


Who was first on New Zealands?

The Maori are the original inhabitants of New Zealand.


What was new zealands first capital city?

Russell, then Auckland, but now Wellington.


What is new zealands favorite dessert?

The Pavlova-which was first made in New Zealand