WELLINGTON — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that she will quit her post next month and will not contest this year’s general elections.
Ardern holding back her tears, told reporters in Napier that Feb. 7 will be her last day as the country’s leader, but she will continue as an MP until the election later this year.
At the party’s annual caucus meeting on Thursday, Ardern said she “no longer had enough in the tank” to do the job. “It’s time,” she said.
Ardern became the world’s youngest female head of government when she was elected prime minister in 2017 at age 37. She has led New Zealand through the Covid-19 pandemic, and major disasters including the terror attack on two mosques in Christchurch, and the White Island volcanic eruption.
New Zealand will hold a general election on 14 October.
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