CURRENT AFFAIRS

2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
PM Jacinda Ardern wins second term in election landslide in which country?
A
Australia
B
New Zealand
C
Switzerland
D
Ireland
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The incumbent prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, took office on 26 October 2017.

Detailed explanation-2: -The election resulted in Ardern becoming New Zealand’s third female Prime Minister, and Peters being reappointed Deputy Prime Minister, a role he had first held in 1996–98. This marked an end to nine years under the Fifth National Government, and the beginning of the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand.

Detailed explanation-3: -After the 1999 election, a coalition government of Labour and the Alliance took power, with Helen Clark becoming New Zealand’s second female Prime Minister.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1986 Jim Bolger took over the leadership with the support of centrists within the party. In the 1990 election National defeated Labour in an electoral landslide and formed a new government under Jim Bolger.

There is 1 question to complete.