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David Lange—Head of Government

Birth

David Lange was born to Roy and Phoebe in 1942.

David Lange was born in Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand on 4 August 1942 and died on 13 August 2005.

Education

David Lange relinquished the foreign affairs portfolio and became minister of education. David Lange has traveled widely in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and the Pacific. He has attended meetings of the Commonwealth heads of government, and the South Pacific Forum and has addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations.

He was educated at Fairburn Road primary school, Otahuhu, the Otara intermediate school and Otahuhu college. He graduated LL.B from Auckland University in 1966 and was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

Fame

Lange, David, New Zealand leader

David Lange became famous around south Auckland as a defence lawyer, was defence counsel for a couple of murder trials and “represented just about every crime on the books”.

Work

David Lange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Russell Lange CH, ONZ (4 August 1942 — 13 August, 2005), served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. He headed New Zealand's fourth Labour Government, one of the most reforming ... David Lange Studios David Lange Studios, acoustic music recording in Edgewood, Washington « David Knopfler David Lanz »

David Lange at the UN, 2001 David Lange, former Prime Minister of New Zealand addresses a UN round-table on racism in Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 3, 2001.

Lange, David Russell New Zealand Labour centre-left politician, prime minister 1983–89. A skilled parliamentary debater, he became Labour's deputy leader in 1979, and in 1983 replaced Wallace Rowling as party leader. Taking advantage of economic difficulties and a changing public mood, Lange led Labour to a decisive win in the 1984 general election, replacing Robert Muldoon of the National Party as prime minister.

After a landslide victory, David Lange became New Zealand’s youngest ever Prime Minister at the age of 41.

Former Labour PM David Lange was also very helpful in when he wrote in the Sunday Star Times last weekend that “unlike National, [the Greens] do more than offer a variation on the theme played by Labour.

New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange has condemned the explosion as "a major criminal act" and employed all government resources to investigate it.

David Russell Lange CH, ONZ (who pronounced his name IPA: /ˈlɒŋi/ long-ee) (4 August 1942 – 13 August 2005), served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. He headed New Zealand's fourth Labour Government, one of the most reforming administrations in his country's history, but one which did not always conform to traditional expectations of a social-democrat party. He had a reputation for cutting wit and eloquence. His government implemented far-reaching free market reforms, some of which he later ...