Jacinda Ardern announced her resignation as Prime Minister of New Zealand

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On 18 January 2023, the Prime Minister of New Zealand 'Jacinda Ardern' has announced her resignation from her post at the annual meeting of her party.

An Overview of the news

• Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will hold the post of Prime Minister till 7 February 2023 and will resign after that.

• The 2023 general election in New Zealand is going to be held on 14 October.

• Prime Minister Ardern's shock decision comes after five and a half years in office as she led New Zealand through the coronavirus pandemic.

• Prime Minister Ardern is one of the world's youngest female heads of state at the age of 37 when she came to power in 2017.

Jacinda Ardern

• Ms Ardern began her political career in the office of former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.

• Ardern has also served as a policy advisor in Tony Blair's government in the UK.

• She was elected to the Parliament of New Zealand in 2008 and became Deputy Leader of Labor in March 2017.

• Jacinda Ardern announced her resignation as Prime Minister of New Zealand

New Zealand

• Capital: Wellington

• Currency: New Zealand Dollar

• Prime Minister: Jacinda Ardern

• President: Debbie Hockley