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Helen Elizabeth Clark ONZ SSI PC (born 26 February 1950) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008, and was the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017.
She served three successive terms as Prime Minister of New Zealand between 1999 and 2008. While in government, she led policy debate on a wide range of economic, social, environmental and cultural issues, including sustainability and climate change.
Helen Clark (born February 26, 1950, Hamilton, New Zealand) is a New Zealand politician who was prime minister (1999–2008). She was the first woman in New Zealand to hold the office of prime minister immediately following an election.
Helen Clark is the former Prime Minister of New Zealand and former UNDP Administrator. She is a highly respected figure in the fields of sustainable development, gender equality, and international co-operation.
Apr 27, 2023 · Helen Clark. Jenny Shipley may have been our first female PM, but Helen Clark was the first woman to become PM following an election. By 2008 she was our fifth longest-serving PM and the first Labour leader to win three consecutive elections.
It was on the sidelines of the Queen Mother’s funeral that then Prime Minister Helen Clark made one of the most consequential decisions of New Zealand’s 21st century foreign policy.
Helen Clark was prime minister of New Zealand from 1999-2008. She then became the 8th and first female administrator of the UN Development Programme, completing two terms from 2009-2017. She currently chairs the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response with former president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, which was convened ...
Helen Clark was born on 26 February 1950 in the maternity wing of Waikato Hospital in Hamilton, the eldest child of Margaret and George Clark. She was brought up and spent much of her childhood on their farm in Te Pahu.
Mar 9, 2019 · Clark is no stranger to blazing trails. In 1999, she was the first woman elected Prime Minister of New Zealand, and a decade later became the first woman to head the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the number three position in the UN hierarchy.
Dec 31, 2009 · Ms Clark was the longest serving leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and became Prime Minister of New Zealand for three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008. She was the first female Prime Minister to win office at an election and the fifth longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand.
