Ideologies / Social Democrat / David Lange
§ The minds · 1942–2005 · New Zealand · Prime Minister
David Lange
Nuclear-free New Zealand
Moral foreign policy with a sharp debating wit.
Economic−38
SocialistMarket
Governance−26
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The witty Labour PM who made New Zealand proudly nuclear-free.
social
Progressive on disarmament, homosexual law reform and civil rights.
economic
Presided over a mixed economy amid contested market reforms.
governance
Liberal parliamentary democrat.
Notable for
- Nuclear-free legislation
- Oxford Union debate triumph
- Homosexual Law Reform Act
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