biography
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Holyoake, Sir Keith (Jacka)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1904–83)
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| biography:
| New Zealand statesman and prime minister (1957, 1960–72), born near Pahiatua, New Zealand. He joined the Reform Party (later the New Zealand National Party), and served in the House of Representatives (1932–8). Re-elected in 1943, he became deputy leader of the National Party in 1946, and deputy prime minister in 1949. He was president of the UN Food and Agriculture Conference (1957). On the retirement of Sir Sydney Holland (1957) he became Party leader and prime minister on two occasions. He later served as Governor-General of New Zealand (1977–80), the first politician to hold the post. He was knighted in 1970. |
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