What is Mike Moore?
[[File:Mike Moore.jpg|thumb|200px|Mike Moore]] '''Michael Kenneth Moore''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|ONZ|AO|PC}} (28 January 1949 – 2 February 2020) was a [[New Zealand]] politician, [[union organiser]], and author. He was a member of the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]]. In 1990, he notably served as [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], and was [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] for 59 days. Following Labour's defeat in the 1990 election, Moore served as [[Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)|Leader of the Opposition]] until the [[1993 New Zealand general election|1993 election]]. He served as [[director-general]] of the [[World Trade Organization]] from 1999 to 2002. He also held the post of New Zealand's ambassador to the [[United States]] from 2010 to 2015. Moore was born in [[Whakatane]]. He was married to Yvonne Dereany. He died on 2 February 2020 in [[Auckland]], at the age of 71.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/02/mike-moore-former-new-zealand-prime-minister-dies-at-71|title=Mike Moore, former New Zealand prime minister, dies at 71|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 February 2020|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Mike}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Ambassadors to the United States]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:Politicians from North Island]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of New Zealand]] [[Category:World Trade Organization Directors-General]] [[Category:Leaders of the Opposition (New Zealand)]] {{Bio-stub}} {{New Zealand prime ministers}}