The defeated Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark
Helen Clark, the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of New Zealand, was defeated on November eighh in general elections. Ms. Clark’s party, the center-left Labour Party, was defeated by the center-right National Party, headed by John Key.
Helen Clark was the first female Prime Minister elected of New Zealand and one of the longest serving female rulers in the world. The Labour Party has been in power in New Zealand for a decade.
Mr. Key will likely become the next Prime Minister. He must first gain the support of a combination of several smaller parties in Parliament in order to gain a governing majority.
