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Prime Minister of New Zealand Born: July 26, 1980 (age 41 years), Hamilton, New Zealand Partner: Clarke Gayford (2013–) Party: New Zealand Labour Party Children: Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford Books: Jacinda Ardern (I Know This To Be True): On kindness, empathy & strength Education: Waikato Management School (1999–2001), University of Waikato (2001), Morrinsville College (1998) Parents: Ross Ardern, Laurell Ardern Name Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern Date of Birth 26-Jul-80 Birth Place Hamilton, New Zealand Category Politician Office 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand Spouse Clarke Gayford (Domestic Partner)
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Raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand, Ardern left the church in 2005 at age 25 because, she said, it conflicted with her personal views, in particular her support for gay rights. In January 2017, Ardern identified as agnostic, saying “I can’t see myself being a member of an organised religion again”. As prime minister in 2019 she met the president of LDS Church, Russell M. Nelson. Ardern is a second cousin of Hamish McDouall, the mayor of Whanganui. She is also a distant cousin of former National MP for Taranaki-King Country Shane Ardern. Shane Ardern left Parliament in 2014, three years before Jacinda Ardern became prime minister. Ardern’s partner is television presenter Clarke Gayford. The couple first met in 2012 when they were introduced by mutual friend Colin Mathura-Jeffree, a New Zealand television host and model, but they did not spend time together until Gayford contacted Ardern regarding a controversial Government Communications Security Bureau bill. On 3 May 2019, it was reported that Ardern was engaged to be married to Gayford. The wedding was scheduled for January 2022 but has been delayed due to an outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. On 19 January 2018, Ardern announced that she was expecting her first child in June, making her New Zealand’s first prime minister to be pregnant in office. Ardern was admitted to Auckland City Hospital on 21 June 2018, and gave birth to a girl the same day, becoming only the second elected head of government to give birth while in office (after Benazir Bhutto in 1990). Her daughter’s given names are Neve Te Aroha. Neve is an anglicised form of the Irish name Niamh, meaning ‘bright’; Aroha is Māori for ‘love’, and Te Aroha is a rural town west of the Kaimai Range, near Ardern’s former home town of Morrinsville. Despite being handed the reins to the island nation of New Zealand at the young age of 37, Jacinda Ardern has never faltered – she has only gone from strength to strength. She gained international acclaim when she became the country’s youngest prime minister in 2017 and one of the few women leaders worldwide. Born on July 26, 1980, in Hamilton, New Zealand, Ardern was introduced to politics at a very early age. She joined the Labour Party at the age of 17 and continued her studies before moving to London. There she became a senior policy advisor in a policy unit of the British prime minister, Tony Blair.
