Who became Prime Minister of New Zealand in August 1989?
1989 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election 1989 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election The New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1989 was held to determine the leadership of the New Zealand Labour Party. The leadership was won by MP Geoffrey Palmer, who had been Deputy Leader the party since 1983. Following months of infighting and division with in the Labour Party, leader David Lange decided to resign as leader upon the re-election of his former Minister of Finance, Roger Douglas, to cabinet which Lange interpreted as a sign of no-confidence in his leadership. Palmer stood for the leadership feeling a sense of duty to do so
Prime Minister of New Zealand the governor-general, speaker of the House of Representatives and chief justice, the style "Right Honourable" upon appointment. This decision will not affect past officeholders. As of , there are seven living former New Zealand Prime Ministers, as seen below. The most recent Prime Minister to die was David Lange (served 1984–1989), on 13 August 2005, aged 63. Within the last sixty years, a convention has also developed of appointing a Deputy Prime Minister. The deputy typically holds important ministerial portfolios and, by convention, becomes acting Prime Minister in the absence or incapacity of the Prime Minister. The deputy is commonly