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Norman Eric Kirk PC (6 January 1923 – 31 August 1974) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 29th prime minister of New Zealand from 1972 until his sudden death in 1974. Born into poverty in Southern Canterbury, Kirk left school at age 13 and joined the New Zealand Labour Party in 1943.
Norman Eric Kirk PC (6 de enero de 1923-31 de agosto de 1974) fue un político neozelandés que se desempeñó como el 29º Primer Ministro de Nueva Zelanda desde 1972 hasta su repentina muerte en 1974.
Norman Kirk. In 1972 Norman Kirk broke National’s 12-year-long grip on the Treasury benches and became Labour’s first New Zealand-born PM. Kirk was from the working class. He built his own house.
Norman Eric Kirk. Lifetime: 6 Jan 1923 – 31 Aug 1974. Prime Minister: 8 Dec 1972–31 Aug 1974. Age on becoming Prime Minister: 49. Electorate: Sydenham. Political Party: Labour. Biography. Norman Kirk. In 1972 Norman Kirk broke National’s 12-year-long grip on the Treasury benches and became Labour’s first New Zealand-born PM. Read more...
Norman Eric Kirk was the prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of New Zealand (1972–74). A cabinetmaker’s son, Kirk ended his formal education in primary school and held such jobs as apprentice fitter and turner and as foreman with the Railways Department. He joined the New Zealand Labour.
Leader of the Labour Party since 1965 and prime minister since late 1972, ‘Big Norm’ died suddenly at the age of 51. He was the fifth New Zealand prime minister to die in office. Kirk had faced a number of health issues during 1974 but maintained a punishing work schedule.
7 de jul. de 2023 · Norman Eric Kirk provides the (capacious) frame through which Welch explores these issues. Some of what is seen is familiar: here is “Big Norm” as the internationalist, cancelling a proposed...
