David Shearer
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David Shearer MBE |
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| Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan | |
| Secretary-General |
Ban Ki-moon António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Ellen Margrethe Løj |
| 33rd Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 13 December 2011 – 15 September 2013 |
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| Deputy | Grant Robertson |
| Preceded by | Phil Goff |
| Succeeded by | David Cunliffe |
| 14th Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 13 December 2011 – 15 September 2013 |
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| Deputy | Grant Robertson |
| Preceded by | Phil Goff |
| Succeeded by | David Cunliffe |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mount Albert |
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In office 13 June 2009 – 31 December 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Helen Clark |
| Succeeded by | Jacinda Ardern |
| Personal details | |
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David James Shearer 28 July 1957 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Political party | New Zealand Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Anuschka Meyer |
| Alma mater |
University of Auckland University of Canterbury |
| Occupation | Politician, humanitarian worker |
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David James Shearer MBE (born 28 July 1957) is a New Zealand United Nations worker and politician. He spent nearly 20 years working for the UN, managing the provision of aid to countries including Somalia, Rwanda, Liberia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Iraq. In 1992, Shearer was (together with his wife) named as New Zealander of the Year by the New Zealand Herald. The following year he was appointed as Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the British New Years Honours list. In 2009 he won the Mount Albert by-election becoming a Member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party. He was the leader of the Labour Party from December 2011 to August 2013. He resigned from parliament in 2016 and currently heads the United Nation's peace keeping mission in South Sudan.
Shearer was born and brought up in the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe. He was the eldest of three children in a family of schoolteachers. His father being a Presbyterian elder, he was a church-goer in his youth. He attended Papatoetoe High School, where he was head boy and developed a friendship with Phil Goff. He then graduated from the University of Auckland with a BSc and the University of Canterbury with a MSc (Hons) in Resource Management.
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