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Jacinda Ardern

ジャシンダ・アーダーン　/　じゃしんだ・あーだーん

Politician from New Zealand

July 26, 1980 (age 45)　・　Hamilton, New Zealand

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My Take

Jacinda Ardern changed my sense of what leadership can look like. Becoming New Zealand's prime minister at 37 and governing from 2017 to 2023, she met national tragedies and a pandemic with a register politicians rarely attempt: visible empathy backed by decisive action. The Time 100 selections and her damehood feel almost beside the point; her real legacy is rhetorical. She proved that kindness reads as strength when it is paired with competence, and that knowing when to leave office is itself a form of power. Long after the policy debates fade, that template will remain her gift to politics.

Overview

Dame Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern ( ah-DURN; born 26 July 1980) is a former New Zealand politician and activist who was the 40th prime minister of New Zealand and leader of the Labour Party from 2017 to 2023. She was a member of Parliament (MP) as a list MP from 2008 to 2017 and for Mount Albert from 2017 to 2023. Born and raised in Hamilton, Ardern grew up in Morrinsville and Murupara.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Jacinda Ardern
Name (Japanese): ジャシンダ・アーダーン
Reading: じゃしんだ・あーだーん
Born: July 26, 1980 (age 45)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Monkey
Origin: Hamilton, New Zealand
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Waikato

Awards & achievements

2020 Nature's 10
2018 Time 100
2019 Time 100
2023 Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit‎

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

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