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Jacinda Ardern is stepping down as New Zealand Prime Minister ahead of this year's election, saying she doesn't have "enough in the tank" to lead
The shocking announcement comes as polls show his Labor Party faces a difficult road to re-election on October 14. Ardern swallowed hard and explained how six "challenging" years on the job had taken its toll on him....
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The shocking announcement comes as polls show his Labor Party faces a difficult road to re-election on October 14. Ardern swallowed hard and explained how six "challenging" years on the job had taken its toll on him. Vote to find his replacement on Sunday. Ms Ardern, 42, said she took time out over the summer holidays to reflect on her future in hopes of finding the heart and energy to continue in office.
It would hurt New Zealand if continued," he told reporters on Thursday.Ms Ardern will step down on February 7th. If no hopeful successor wins the support of two-thirds of the party base, the vote will go to lay Labor Party members.
Ms Ardern became the youngest leader in the world when she was elected prime minister in 2017 at the age of 37. And a year later, she became the second elected leader in the world, after Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto in 1990, to give birth to a child during her volcanic eruption on White Island.
Ms Ardern said the past five and a half years had been the "most rewarding" of her life, but that leading the country through the "crisis" had been difficult. "These events ... were exhausting because of the weight, the sheer weight, and the permanence. There has never been a time when it felt like we only rule.
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