Helen Clark Biography by Jackson

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Helen Elizabeth Clark was born on a farm in Waikato on the 26 February 1950. Her dad was a farmer. She had three younger sisters. Her mum was a teacher. Helen Clark went to Epsom Girls Gammar in Auckland. She went to Auckland University and studied politics.This helped her accomplish becoming the Prime Minister of New Zealand. She was the Prime Minister for nine years. She became the Prime Minister of New Zealand for 1999 to 2008.

She married Peter Davis but they never had children. Helen Clark was the leader of the Labour Party. People started to vote in 1999 for Helen Clark and her group. Her party got the most votes 1999 so Helen Clark became the Prime Minister of New Zealand. In the year 2008 Helen Clark stopping being a leader of the Labour Party because they didn’t get voted in. Then John Key became the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Helen Clark went to New York and got a very good job with the United Nations. Helen Clark became a administrator of the United Nations. Helen Clark became a administrator of the United Nations Development Program on April 17 in 2009 and is the first woman to lead the organization. She still works there.

The current government of New Zealand strongly supported her getting job with Australia. So did the Pacific Island nations and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown.

The Solomon Islands leader awarded Clark the star of the Solomon Islands in 2005 to say thank you for stopping the fighting and making them have a good life instead of a bad life.

By Jackson