New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will step down next month and will not seek a re-election
Jacinda Ardern said, “Politicians are human. We give all that we can, for as long as we can, and then it’s time. And for me, it’s time.”
Jacinda Ardern’s terms as Prime Minister was marked by unprecedented events such as the 2019 massacre of Muslims in Christchurch by a white supremacist, the eruption of the White Island volcano, and the Covid-19 pandemic
Jacinda Ardern was praised widely for meeting the victims of the Christchurch attack in a hijab. She also told them that the country was “united in grief”
Jacinda Ardern banned semi-automatic firearms and also imposed other curbs on guns within weeks of the Christchurch massacre
Jacinda Ardern was among the first leaders to close borders and adopt a zero-tolerance strategy against COVID. She put a lockdown in New Zealand over a single case
While the world was hailing Jacinda Ardern for her zero-tolerance towards COVID, she faced growing headwinds in New Zealand
Jacinda Ardern’s rating has seen a dip due to housing crisis, growing concerns about crime, high living costs and rising mortgage rates
After she was appointed in the Labour Party, she said it was “totally unacceptable in 2017 to say that women should have to answer that question in the workplace”
Jacinda Ardern became the second woman PM after Benazir Bhutto to give birth while in office. Ardern had her baby daughter, Neve Te Aroha, within eight months of becoming the NZ PM
Jacinda Ardern burst onto the global political scene when she became the world’s youngest head of government at 37 yrs of age
Ardern was loved and appreciated world over for campaigning for women’s rights, ending child poverty and economic inequality and all the bold moves she made as New Zealand PM
Produced by Mehak Agarwal
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