She became the world's youngest female head of government at age 37. She was sworn in by the governor-general on 26 October 2017. After negotiations, New Zealand First chose to enter a minority coalition government with Labour, supported by the Green Party, with Ardern as prime minister. Labour's support increased rapidly after Ardern became leader, and she led her party to gain 14 seats at the 2017 general election on 23 September, winning 46 seats to the National Party's 56. Exactly five months later, with an election due, Labour's leader Andrew Little resigned after a historically low opinion polling result for the party, with Ardern elected unopposed as leader in his place. Jacinda Ardern CareerĪrdern was unanimously elected as deputy leader of the Labour Party on 1 March 2017, after the resignation of Annette King. She was later elected to represent the Mount Albert electorate in a by-election on 25 February 2017.
Ardern was first elected as an MP in the 2008 general election, when Labour lost power after nine years. In 2008, Ardern was elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. She later worked in London as an adviser in the Cabinet Office during Tony Blair's premiership. After graduating from the University of Waikato in 2001, Ardern worked as a researcher in the office of Prime Minister Helen Clark. She joined the Labour Party at the age of 17. Jacinda Ardern Early Lifeīorn in Hamilton, Ardern grew up in Morrinsville and Murupara. A member of the Labour Party, she has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Mount Albert since 2017. Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern (born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 40th prime minister of New Zealand and leader of the Labour Party from 2017 to 2023.
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