Norman Kirk

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Norman Kirk was a prominent New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as the country’s 29th Prime Minister from 1972 until his death in 1974.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Zealand politician
Prime Minister of New Zealand
human
burialPlace Waimate Lawn Cemetery, Waimate, New Zealand
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship New Zealand
dateOfBirth 1923-01-06
dateOfDeath 1974-08-31
electedToParliamentFor Lyttelton electorate
Sydenham electorate
endTime 1958 (term as Mayor of Kaiapoi)
1974 (as Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party)
1974 (term as Prime Minister of New Zealand)
familyName Kirk
givenName Norman
honoredBy state funeral in New Zealand
ideology social democracy
knownFor leading the Third Labour Government of New Zealand
opposition to French nuclear testing in the Pacific
promoting an independent New Zealand foreign policy
withdrawing New Zealand troops from Vietnam
memberOf New Zealand Labour Party
name Norman Kirk
numberOfChildren 5
occupation fitter and turner
politician
ordinalInOffice 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand
parliamentaryServiceEnd 1974
parliamentaryServiceStart 1957
placeOfBirth Waimate, New Zealand
placeOfDeath Wellington, New Zealand
politicalParty New Zealand Labour Party
positionHeld Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party
Mayor of Kaiapoi
Member of Parliament of New Zealand
Prime Minister of New Zealand
predecessor Jack Marshall
religion Baptist
residence Christchurch, New Zealand
Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
spouse Lucy Kirk
startTime 1953 (term as Mayor of Kaiapoi)
1965 (as Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party)
1972 (term as Prime Minister of New Zealand)
successor Bill Rowling


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