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Jacinda Ardern Resigns as New Zealand Prime Minister
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New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced her resignation in a shocking announcement, confirming this October’s national elections.

At her caucus on Thursday, Ardern said she didn’t have enough to get her job done.”It’s time,” she said.

“With such a privileged role comes responsibility, and I am leaving. The responsibility of knowing when I am the right person to lead and when I am not. I know what this job requires. And I know there isn’t enough left in the tank to justify that…it’s that simple,” she said.

Her term as prime minister will end by February 7 at the latest, but she will remain a member of parliament until elections later this year.

“I am human, and so are politicians. We give everything we can. And it’s time. And for me, it’s about time,” she said. Ardern pondered over the summer whether she had the energy to continue the role and concluded she did not.

Ardern said she was elected prime minister in 2017 at the age of 37, becoming the worlds most Became junior mentor.
She has guided New Zealand through the Covid-19 pandemic and catastrophes, including the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch and the volcanic eruption on White Island.

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“The most fulfilling five and a half years of my life. There were challenges too — in addition to agendas focused on housing, child poverty, and climate change, we…were faced with domestic terrorist attacks, large-scale natural disasters, global pandemics, and economic crises.

When asked how he would like the New Zealand public to remember his leadership, Ardern replied, “As someone who has always tried to be kind.”

“Leave New Zealanders in the belief that people are kind but strong, empathetic but determined, optimistic but focused. And a leader for himself, a leader who knows when to go.” so that we can be,” Ardern said.

Over the past year, Ardern has faced a significant increase in threats of violence. Especially from conspiracy theorists and anti-vaccine groups angry at the country’s vaccination requirements and his Covid-19 lockdown. But she said increased job-related risks were not behind her decision to resign. We are human, but that wasn’t the basis for my decisions,” she said.

Ardern said he has no plans for the future other than spending more time with his family.

thanked his partner Clark Gayford and his daughter Neve, who gave birth during his tenure, as “those who have sacrificed most of us.”

“To Neve: Mommy will be happy if you come to school this year. And to Clark – we’re finally getting married.

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