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Helen Clark

b. 1950 · 20th century

Helen Clark is a New Zealand politician who was Prime Minister from 1999 to 2008, leading the Fifth Labour Government through three terms. She was the first woman elected Prime Minister at a general election. Her government kept New Zealand out of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and maintained low unemployment. From 2009 to 2017 she was Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.

Helen Clark
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Helen Clark. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/helen-clark
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