Jim Bolger

 Jim Bolger, born 1935, was the Prime Minister

of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997 and has had a

noteworthy career in politics for over 20 years.

His life and career:

He was born on 31 May 1935 and is 86 years old.

His parents were Daniel Bolger and Cecilia Doyle.

He led the New Zealand National Party for 12

years and achieved the biggest electoral victory

in New Zealand history in the election of 1990.

He was also the first Prime Minister elected under the MMP electoral system.

He began his politics career when he was elected

as a Member of Parliament for the King Country

in 1972. He was Minister of Labour, Minister of

Immigration, Minister in Charge of the New Zealand

Security Intelligence Service, and Minister of Maori Affairs.

What makes him a great leader?

He was a great leader to NZ because he had a lot

of experience and he was also very successful so

he was not only a great leader but also a role model.

He has been in many different roles from the PM of

NZ to the Minister of immigration and so on. He also

knew how to lead the country and listened to the people of his country.

How NZ Is Governed

 In basic terms New Zealand Government works

with voting to decide which political party goes into power.

The two major political parties of New Zealand are Labour and National,

and there are many other minor parties.  The voting process happens every

three years but in different countries they do it once every four years and so on.

Every person older than 18 years age gets to vote when there is an election.

Each person votes for their choice of MP or Member of Parliment and which

ever Party gets the most votes goes into power. 

New Zealand is a Democratic country because we vote to choose

which party goes into power unlike Saudi Arabia which is a Monarchy

because the people don’t vote who rules them. Some examples of

Monarchies in the present time are Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ruled by

King Salman Bin Abdulaziz. If the king died then his crown prince

Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) would become the King.

There are a total of 120 seats in the parliament.

To form a government you need 61 or more out

of those 120 because you need more than half

so you need a minimum of 61 seats in the

Parliment. Sometimes parties join together to reach that number and form a joint government. 

Like in the 2017 election, Labour had 46

seats, NZ First had 9, Green party had 8,

so they joined and formed a government with 63 seats.

National party had got 56 seats but not got more than

half so they could not form a government.