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Jacinda Ardern

Role
New Zealand prime minister
Lived
1980–
Country of activity
New Zealand New Zealand
Strongest axis
Multiculturalist 83%

Jacinda Ardern is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who was prime minister from 2017 to January 2023, leading a coalition and then a majority government. She is known for her response to the Christchurch mosque shootings and the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the 12 Axes register, Jacinda Ardern leans hardest on Assimilationist – Multiculturalist: Multiculturalist 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.

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The twelve axes

Where Jacinda Ardern sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

FederalUnitary 68%

Unitary

Led a unitary state with a single-chamber parliament

Democratic 68%Autocratic

Representative Democracy

Won a majority in 2020; resigned in January 2023

SecurityFreedom

Centrist

Strict gun laws after 2019 shootings; COVID-19 lockdowns

Diplomacy

Internationalism 68%Nationalism

Cooperation

Co-chaired the 2019 Christchurch Call summit with Macron

MilitaristPacifist 68%

Non-Aggressive

Upheld New Zealand's nuclear-free policy

AssimilationistMulticulturalist 83%

Multiculturalist

Government formally apologized for the Dawn Raids in 2021

Economy

Collectivize 68%Privatize

Social Democratic

First Minister for Child Poverty Reduction; raised welfare benefits

Planned 68%Markets

Regulationism

Added to state housing stock; expanded free doctor visits

IsolationismGlobalism 68%

Free Trade

New Zealand ratified the CPTPP under her government

Society

Irreligious 68%Religious

Agnostic

Left the LDS Church in 2005; identifies as agnostic

Progressive 68%Traditional

Progressive

Voted to decriminalize abortion in 2020

AccelerationBioconservative

Neutral

No distinct position on technology

What stands out

Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Assimilationist – Multiculturalist

On Assimilationist – Multiculturalist, Jacinda Ardern is at Multiculturalist 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.

Most ordinary axis

Federal – Unitary

On Federal – Unitary, Jacinda Ardern is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.

Who is closest in the register

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Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Portrait: Newzild, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].