Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (43) moved to the United States and got married there. An ordinary story, in general. Well, I moved and moved. But the fact is that over the 5 years of her premiership, Ardern managed to create a fairly strict regime of control over citizens in New Zealand, which was especially intensified during the global pandemic. This caused a number of negative changes: a decline in the birth rate, an outflow of New Zealand citizens to other countries, which is compensated only by the influx of migrants. Ardern did not want to live in the atmosphere she created with her own hands and chose to emigrate.
Jancinda was born on July 26, 1980, into the family of Mormon police officer Ross Ardern. In 2005, she broke with the church because her Mormon position conflicted with her personal views and now identifies as an agnostic. She entered politics under the influence of her aunt, a long-time Labor supporter, and joined the Labor Party early. After graduating from the University of Waikato in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in political communications, Ardern began her career as a researcher in the staff of New Zealand MP Phil Goff and then in the office of Prime Minister Helen Clark. She later worked in Britain as a political adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair. Although she later emphasized that she took this job “out of despair.”
In 2008, she was elected president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. This position took her to various countries including Algeria, Jordan, Israel and China. At the same time, she began her parliamentary activities. In 2017, she was unanimously elected deputy leader of the Labor Party following the resignation of Annette King.
On October 26, 2017, at the age of 37, Jacinda Ardern became the youngest woman in the world to serve as head of government. Ardern became the third woman in history to become Prime Minister of New Zealand, following Jenny Shipley (1997-1999) and Helen Clark (1999-2008). The new prime minister outlined her priorities in office: the fight once morest poverty and social exclusion, environmental protection, attention to the problems of youth and women. Her government focused on solving the country’s problems such as the housing crisis, social inequality and poverty, especially among children (the goal is to lift 100 thousand children out of poverty by 2020).
Ardern’s government has pursued a policy of raising minimum wages, increasing social security and economic support for those in need. Thus, maternity leave was increased (from 22 to 26 weeks), payments of $60 were introduced to low- and middle-income families with children, and a fund for the development of rural areas was created. To prevent speculation, foreigners who do not have a residence permit were prohibited from buying property in New Zealand. Having repealed tax breaks for the rich introduced by the previous centre-right government, Ardern’s cabinet redirected funds to finance education and health care. From 1 January 2018, the first year of post-secondary (tertiary and vocational) education was made free for all, student benefits were increased by $50 per week, and doctors’ salaries increased by between 12.8 and 18.5%. At the national and international level she advocated for environmentally responsible policies and the eradication of anthropogenic causes of climate change.
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2024-05-13 15:22:43
