What is Jenny Shipley?
[[File:Jenny Shipley and Winnie Laban (crop).jpg|right|200px]] '''Dame Jennifer Mary Shipley''' <small>[[New Zealand Order of Merit|DNZM]]</small> (née '''Robson'''; born 4 February 1952)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jenny Shipley|publisher=Biography.com|url=https://www.biography.com/people/jenny-shipley-9482234|access-date=March 31, 2019|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331114304/https://www.biography.com/people/jenny-shipley-9482234|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a former [[New Zealand]] [[politician]]. She was the 36th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] from 1997 to 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jenny Shipley|publisher=New Zealand History|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/jenny-shipley|access-date=March 31, 2019}}</ref> She was the first female Prime Minister of New Zealand. She was the only woman to have led the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]]. Shipley was born in [[Gore, New Zealand|Gore]], [[Southland]]. She was raised in rural [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]]. Before entering [[politics]], Shipley was involved with several community organizations. Shipley was elected to the [[New Zealand Parliament]] in the 1987 election. She won the Ashburton electorate. When the National Party returned to power in 1990, Shipley was appointed to the [[Cabinet of New Zealand]] under [[Jim Bolger]]. She was the Minister of Social Welfare (1990-1996), the Minister for Women's Affairs (1990-1996), a member of the Minister of Health (1993-1996) and a member of the Minister of Transport (1996-1997). In December 1997, after Bolger resigned as Prime Minister, Shipley was elected as his replacement unopposed. Shipley was the first Prime Minister to attend the [[gay]] and [[lesbian]] [[Hero Parade]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Pride and Progress-The Past and the Future|publisher=Tearaway|url=https://tearaway.co.nz/pride-progress-past-future-aucklands-pride-parade|access-date=March 31, 2019}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shipley, Jenny}} [[Ca