The 2016 New Zealand National Party leadership election was held on 12 December 2016 to determine the next Leader of the National Party and the 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand. A secret exhaustive
Bill English November 2016
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Sir John Phillip Key is a New Zealand retired politician who served as the 38th prime minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016 and as leader of the National Party from 2006 to 2016.
2016 New Zealand National Party leadership election
…was to be used in the event of a contested leadership. The election followed the resignation announcement of Prime Minister and parliamentary leader John Key on 5 December 2016. Deputy Prime Minister Bill English became the sole candidate and was elected, following the 8 December withdrawal of Police Minister…
Key in 2015
John Key 2013
John Key (right), with (from left to right) son Max, wife Bronagh, and daughter Stephie, celebrating on election night, 8 November 2008
John and Bronagh Key with Barack and Michelle Obama at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, 23 September 2009.