New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern gets engaged to longtime partner

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern gets engaged to longtime partner

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is now engaged to her longtime partner Clarke Gayford, her spokesman said Friday.

Gayford, who hosts a TV fishing show, takes care of their 10-month-old daughter Neve Te Aroha, while Ardern, 38, runs the country.

Her pregnancy was seen by many as a symbol of progress for women in leadership roles. She is only the second elected leader to give birth while in office, after Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto in 1990.

Ardern was asked by the BBC while visiting London in January if she would consider asking Gayford, 41, to marry her or wait for him to propose.

"Absolutely, I'm a feminist, but I want to put him through the pain and torture of having to agonize about that question himself. That's letting him off the hook, absolutely not," she joked.

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[JI7]

1. we are so fucking backwards. this situation which is actually very normal even in the US

would be a controversy if the woman was running for President.