Andrew Little (politician)

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Andrew Little

Andrew Little (born May 7, 1965 in New Plymouth , New Zealand ) is a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand Labor Party and has been its party leader since November 2014. Little resigned as a party leader on Aug. 1, 2017 after his party's poll ratings dropped to a dramatic 24%.

Early life and education

Andrew Little was born on May 7, 1965 as the son and fourth child of the couple Bill (teacher) and Cicely (secretary) Little in New Plymouth . His parents came to New Zealand from Great Britain in 1962 . He has a twin sister, three other siblings, and four half-sisters through his father's two previous marriages. After attending Vogeltown Primary School and New Plymouth Boys' High School , Little studied law, administrative law and philosophy at Victoria University in Wellington , was chairman of the student union at his university in 1987 and president of the New Zealand student association from 1988 to 1989.

family

Little met his wife Leigh in 1998 and married her in 2008. The family has one son.

Profession and Politics

After completing his studies, he worked as a lawyer in the Engineers Union (Union of Engineers), later Engineers Printers and Manufacturers Union (EPMU) (Union of Engineers, Printers and employees of the manufacturing industry), in 1997 its General Counsel and in 2000 the National Secretary of the union elected.

In 2008 he assumed the presidency of the New Zealand Labor Party , while Phil Goff , his former college colleague, took over the leadership of the party. In 2011 Little was elected to the New Zealand Parliament for the first time on his party's list. In 2014 he gave up his position as National Secretary within the union to concentrate on the general election campaign for the New Plymouth constituency , but lost to the candidate of the New Zealand National Party , as in the previous election. This time he was only able to achieve the parliamentary mandate just above the list position. On November 18, 2014 Little was elected leader of the Labor Party with 50.52% against his opponent Grant Robertson (49.48%) . Since then he has been his party's opposition leader in parliament and spokesman for security and intelligence.

In October 2017 was Little in the new Cabinet of Jacinda Ardern , Minister of Justice (Justice) Minister for Courts (courts), Minister for New Zealand Security Intelligence Service and Government Communications Security Bureau (Intelligence) Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations (Negotiations on the Waitangi Treaty ) and Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry (reopening of the Pike River Mine).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nicholas Jones : Andrew Little: Stepping down admission a 'human reaction' . New Zealand Herald , August 1, 2017, accessed August 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ New Zealand's Labor Party pulls the emergency brake. Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2017, accessed August 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c Audrey Young : Bam! Straight shooter Andrew Little aims from the lip . New Zealand Herald , November 19, 2014, accessed May 29, 2016 .
  4. ^ A b Sarah Stuart : Twelve Questions: Andrew Little . New Zealand Herald , November 25, 2014, accessed May 29, 2016 .
  5. ^ A b Andrea Vance : Andrew Little: 'A reasonable man' . In: Stuff.co.nz - Politics . Fairfax media , November 22, 2014, accessed May 29, 2016 .
  6. ^ History - Past Presidents 1929-2015 . The New Zealand Union of Students' Associations (NZUSA), accessed May 29, 2016 .
  7. ↑ a b Member of Parliament - Andrew Little . New Zealand Parliament , February 26, 2016, accessed May 29, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Diana Wichtel : Andrew Little interview . New Zealand Listener , June 27, 2011, archived from the original on June 29, 2012 ; accessed on March 30, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
  9. ↑ Vernon Small, Aimee Gulliver : Andrew Little new Labor Party leader - by a whisker . In: Stuff.co.nz - Politics . Fairfax media , November 18, 2014, accessed May 29, 2016 .
  10. ^ Ministerial List . Department of The Primeminister and Cabinet , October 26, 2017, accessed February 3, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Little, Andrew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH New Plymouth , New Zealand