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Sir Robert David Muldoon GCMG CH PC (/ m ʌ l ˈ d uː n /; 25 September 1921 – 5 August 1992) was a New Zealand conservative politician who served as the 31st prime minister of New Zealand, from 1975 to 1984, while leader of the National Party.
Robert Muldoon continued his Labour predecessor Prime Minister Norman Kirk's policy of arresting and deporting Pasifika overstayers which had begun in 1974. [6] Since the 1950s, the New Zealand government had encouraged substantial emigration from several Pacific countries including Samoa , Tonga , and Fiji to fill a labour shortage caused by ...
Four New Zealand prime ministers pictured in 1992 (from left) – David Lange, Jim Bolger, Robert Muldoon and Mike Moore. The prime minister of New Zealand is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet, whose powers and responsibilities are defined by convention. [1] Officially, the prime minister is appointed by the ...
The 1984 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the composition of the 41st New Zealand Parliament.It marked the beginning of the Fourth Labour Government, with David Lange's Labour Party defeating the long-serving Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon, of the National Party.
Think Big was an interventionist state economic strategy of the Third National Government of New Zealand, promoted by the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon (1975–1984) and his National government in the early 1980s.
Robert Muldoon replaced Bill Rowling as Prime Minister, ending the term of the Third Labour government, and beginning the term of the Third National government. No minor parties won seats, though the election saw the best ever result for New Zealand's first green political party, Values. There were 1,953,050 electors on the roll, with 1,603,733 ...
In 1974, Robert Muldoon campaigned for prime minister with a platform to end New Zealand’s tax-supported superannuation pension plan. Upon winning the election, he thought he could do away with ...
This is a summary of the electoral history of Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1975–84), Leader of the National Party (1974–84), and Member of Parliament for Tamaki (1960–91). Parliamentary elections