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Jenny Shipley
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jennifer Mary Shipley, Dame Jennifer Mary Shipley, Jennifer Mary Robson, Dame Jenny Shipley, Dame Jennifer Shipley, Jennifer Robson, Jenny Robson, Jennifer Shipley
New Zealand politician
Key facts
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Governor general
- Michael Hardie Boys
- Deputy
- Winston Peters , Wyatt Creech
- Preceded by
- Jim Bolger
- Succeeded by
- Helen Clark
- Prime minister
- Helen Clark
- Born
- Jennifer Mary Robson , ( 1952-02-04 ) 4 February 1952 (age 74) , Gore, New Zealand
- Party
- National
- Spouse
- Burton Shipley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Place of birth
- Gore
- Political party
- New Zealand National Party
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Image
- Jenny Shipley 2013 (crop).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Wellington
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- Jenny Shipley
- date of birth
- 1952-02-04
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Jennifer Mary Shipley DNZM PC (née Robson; born 4 February 1952) is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 36th prime minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999. She was the first female prime minister of New Zealand, and the first woman to lead the National Party.
Shipley was born in Gore, Southland. She grew up in rural Canterbury, and attended Marlborough Girls' College and the Christchurch College of Education. Before entering politics, she worked as a schoolteacher and was involved with various community organisations. Shipley was elected to Parliament at the 1987 election, winning the Ashburton electorate (later renamed Rakaia). When the National Party returned to power in 1990, she was appointed to Cabinet under Jim Bolger. Shipley subsequently served as Minister of Social Welfare (1990–1996), Minister for Women's Affairs (1990–1996), Minister of Health (1993–1996), and Minister of Transport (1996–1997).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jenny Shipley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.