Jacinta Ordner announced the “incredibly different” New Zealand cabinet

Prime Minister Jacinta Artern announced her “incredibly diverse” 20-member cabinet on Monday, revealing that Finance Minister Grant Robertson will also serve as deputy prime minister – New Zealand’s first gay man to hold the post.

Note: Artern spoke During his first term The need to improve gender balance in government and women and members of the Maori community in New Zealand are well represented in the new cabinet.

“This is a cabinet of immense merit and talent. It is incredibly different. They were promoted for what they brought into the cabinet, and they represent the elected New Zealand. I. As a country we should be proud of this.”

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Large image: Women now hold eight categories of full cabinet positions and make up 43% of Ordnance’s broad administration Conversation. 53% in Labor and 47% in Parliament are women. Global average About 25%.

• Five Labor members of parliament and 25% of executives are Miri. The first woman to hold this position in New Zealand’s parliamentary history was Arden Maurya Nanaya Mahuta, who was appointed Foreign Minister.
• Meanwhile, Marama Davidson, co-chair of the Green Party, Maurya, Holds a cabinet Outside the cabinet.
• Less than 10% of all members of the new parliament are from the LGBTQ community. TVNZ Notes.

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Editor’s note: This article has been updated with additional details about the Cabinet, and please edit an earlier version that misrepresented James Shaw, co-chair of the Environment and the Green Party, as a homosexual.