In the video: Ardern announces a 3-day shutdown in Oakland following the discovery of 3 corona cases (Photo: Reuters)
Jacinda Ardern, the popular Prime Minister of New Zealand, announced her resignation tonight (Thursday).
Ardern said she does not intend to stand for re-election in the upcoming election.
According to her, she is not doing this because she is afraid that she will not win, but rather because she is convinced that her party can win the upcoming elections, which should be held this October.
At the Labor Party conference, Ardern said that the reason for her retirement is that she does not have the necessary energy to continue serving in the position, which she has held since 2017. "I know that such a senior position involves responsibility. The responsibility of knowing when you are the right person to lead and when you are not. I know what it takes to carry the position This, and I no longer have the energy to do it properly, very simply," said Ardern.
The youngest woman in history to be elected Prime Minister.
Jacinda Ardern (Photo: Reuters)
In 2017, at the age of 37, Ardern was the youngest woman in the world to be appointed prime minister.
She carried out economic reforms to eradicate poverty, increased transfer payments to low-income families and instituted a high child allowance.
She increased the minimum wage and government spending on health and education.
Like them, she campaigned for the fight against climate change, the liberalization of abortion laws and the decriminalization of the use of cannabis.
During her tenure, the attack on the Muslim community in mosques in Christchurch took place, in which 51 people were murdered.
Following this, Ardern declared a period of national mourning, and was praised for her attitude towards the community.
In addition, she led a ban on the possession of automatic and semi-automatic weapons.
Ardern's tenure will be remembered above all for the way she led New Zealand during the Corona epidemic.
She conducted a tough policy of closing the borders from an early stage, along with a closure, and resulted in the early eradication of the epidemic within the country's borders.
Its policy was changed after the oculus was immunized.
In 2020, she was elected for a second term and led her party to a record achievement, and to the establishment of a majority government without needing to form a coalition.
"I'm human, politicians are human. They give everything they can until it's time to stop, and for me it's time," Ardern said.
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