Jenny Shipley
New Zealand's 36th Prime Minister
Born: 4th February 1952
Full Name: Jennifer Mary Shipley
Early Years:
Attended Marlborough Girls College.
She qualified in 1971 as a teacher through the Christchurch College of Education and taught in New Zealand primary schools until 1976.
University:
Christchurch College of Education.
Family Life:
Jenny Shipley is married to her husband Burton Shipley, they have one daughter and one son, Anna Shipley and Ben Shipley.
Politics:
Jenny Shipley is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 36th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999. She was the first female prime minister of New Zealand, and is the only woman to have led the National Party.
Helen Clark
New Zealand's 37th Prime Minister
Born: 25th February 1950
Full Name: Helen Elizabeth Clark
Early Years:
Helen Clark was the eldest of four daughters of a farming family. Her mother, Margaret McMurray, was a primary school teacher. Her father, George, was a farmer. Helen Clark studied at Te Pahu Primary School, at Epsom Girls' Grammar School in Auckland and at the University of Auckland, where she majored in politics and graduated with an MA (Honours) in 1974.
University:
University of Auckland.
Family Life:
Helen Clark is married to her husband, Peter Davis.
Politics:
Helen Clark is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008, and was the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017. She was New Zealand's fifth-longest-serving prime minister, and the second woman to hold that office.
