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Helen Clark(born in 1950)is the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand.She was in office between 1999 and 2008 and won three consecutive national elections.She is the second longest serving prime minister in NZ’s history.In 2008, she won the UN Environment Programme Champions of the Earth award for her plan to make NZ the world’s first carbon zero nation.
海倫·克拉克出生于1950年，是新西蘭第37任總理。克拉克的執政時間是1999年到2008年，并連續3次贏得全國大選。克拉克是新西蘭歷史上任職時間第二長的總理。2008年，克拉克計劃使新西蘭成為世界上首個無碳的國家,她因這個計劃獲得了聯合國環境規劃署地球獎的冠軍。
Clark grew up in a farming family and she developed a great love for the land.As a teenager, she became politically active.She protested against the Vietnam War and foreign military bases in New Zealand.She graduated from university with a Master’s degree in politics in 1974.Her research was based on politics in the countryside.Clark won her first election in 1981.She rose up through the ranks and served in different posts as Minister of Housing, Conservation, Health, and finally as Deputy Prime Minister.She has significantly reformed her country’s welfare system.She introduced many popular measures， including raising the minimum wage six times and abolishing interest on student loans.In 2008, Clark signed a landmark agreement that handed back land to the indigenous Maori population.She was a fierce opponent of the invasion of Iraq and criticized American actions.She has forged strong relations with China, whose president calls her an “old friend”.She believes that “it’s inevitable that NZ will become a republic” and “reflect the reality thatNZ is a…21st century nation”.
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