Here are four Labour party lawmakers who could become prime minister. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Ms Ardern said on Thursday she had “no more in the tank” to continue leading the country and would step down no later than early February and not seek re-election.
First elected to Parliament for the Labour Party in 2008, Mr Chris Hipkins became a household name fronting the government’s response to the pandemic after being appointed minister for Covid-19 in November 2020. Mr Hipkins held several roles in politics before joining Parliament. He was senior adviser to two education ministers and served in the office of former Prime Minister Helen Clark.New Zealand’s Minister of Justice, Ms Kiri Allan, 39, would become the country’s first prime minister of Maori descent, as well as the country’s first openly gay leader if elected.
Mr Wood was elevated to Minister of Transport and Workplace Safety in 2020 after Ms Ardern’s historic election, the best result for the Labour Party in half a century. He added Immigration to his portfolio in a mid-2022 cabinet reshuffle.
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