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Helen Clark

Also known as Helen Elizabeth Clark, The Right Honourable Helen Elizabeth Clark, Helen E. Clark

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008

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Helen Clark was the Prime Minister of New Zealand for nine years, from 1999 to 2008, making her one of the country's longest-serving leaders in that role. Her tenure is significant in New Zealand's political history as a notable period of governance during the late 1990s and 2000s.

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Gender: Female
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1932-11-15

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“Girls can do anything. We do do anything and we expect to be treated as equals.”
“If ordinary means I have suddenly got to produce a household of kids and iron Peter's shirts, I'm sorry, I'm not interested.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Helen Elizabeth Clark ONZ SSI PC (born 26 February 1950) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008 and was the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017. She was New Zealand's fifth-longest-serving prime minister, and the second woman to hold that office.

Clark was brought up on a farm outside Hamilton. She entered the University of Auckland in 1968 to study politics and became active in the New Zealand Labour Party. After graduating she lectured in political studies at the university. Clark entered local politics in 1974 in Auckland but was not elected to any position. Following one unsuccessful attempt, she was elected to Parliament in 1981 as the member for Mount Albert, an electorate she represented until 2009.

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