biography
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| female
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| lived:
| (1952– )
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| biography:
| New Zealand politician and prime minister (1997–9), born in Gore, New Zealand. She studied at Christchurch Teachers College, worked as a primary-school teacher, then entered politics, becoming an MP for the (conservative) National Party in 1987. Her ministerial portfolios included social welfare (1990–3), health (1993–6), women's affairs (1990–6, 1997), and transport (1997). She became the country's first woman prime minister following the retirement of Jim Bolger, but lost office in the 1999 elections. |
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