New Zealand’s PM resigns due to fatigue!
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New Zealand’s Prime Minister resigns, citing exhaustion. Jacinda Ardern has announced that she will step down from her position before the election scheduled for 2023.
She stated she does not have the energy to continue serving as a Prime Minister. Ms Ardern is 42 years old. She expressed that she took time to reflect on her life and career.
She hoped of rediscovering the passion and vigour necessary to continue as a Prime Minister. But that hasn’t happened. She feels she would be doing a disservice to New Zealand if she continues.
The members of New Zealand’s Parliament will vote to select her successor. According to political analysts, her party could have a challenging time winning the re-election in 2023. Ms Ardern plans to resign by the 7th of February.
Her successor will need to get approval from nearly two-thirds of those present in her party.
Key facts!
- Ms Ardern was elected as the prime minister at the age of 37.
- When she was elected prime minister in 2017 she became the youngest woman to ever lead a government in any country in the world.
- And a year later, she also became the second elected world leader in history to give birth while in office.
- She guided New Zealand through the tough times of the Covid-19 outbreak and the recession that followed it.
- Ms Ardern stated that the past five and a half years had been the “most satisfying” of her life.
- Nevertheless, she acknowledged that it had been challenging to lead the country during a crisis.
- Ms Ardern was always praised as a leader who possesses intelligence, strength, and empathy.
- She has been an ardent advocate for New Zealand and an inspiration to many.
- She expressed the hope that her legacy in New Zealand would be that of “someone who always tried their best to be kind.”
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