Paula Bennett
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The Honourable Paula Bennett MP |
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| 18th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
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Assumed office 12 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Bill English |
| Preceded by | Bill English |
| Minister of State Services | |
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Assumed office 8 October 2014 |
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| Prime Minister |
John Key Bill English |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Coleman |
| 14th Minister for Women | |
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Assumed office 20 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Bill English |
| Preceded by | Louise Upston |
| Minister of Tourism | |
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Assumed office 20 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Bill English |
| Preceded by | John Key |
| Minister of Police | |
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Assumed office 20 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Bill English |
| Preceded by | Judith Collins |
| Minister for Climate Change Issues | |
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Assumed office 14 December 2015 |
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| Prime Minister |
John Key Bill English |
| Preceded by | Tim Groser |
| 16th Deputy Leader of the National Party | |
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Assumed office 12 December 2016 |
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| Leader | Bill English |
| Preceded by | Bill English |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Upper Harbour |
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Assumed office 21 September 2014 |
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| Preceded by | constituency established |
| Majority | 9,692 |
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April 9, 1969 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Alan Philps |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Massey University (BA) |
| Occupation | Recruitment consultant |
Paula Lee Bennett (born 9 April 1969) is the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, Deputy Leader of the National Party, and MP for Upper Harbour. Bennett holds the Cabinet portfolios of State Services, Women, Tourism, Police, and Climate Change Issues. Bennett previously represented the electorate of Waitakere, which was abolished prior to the 2014 general election.
Bennett was born on 9 April 1969 in Auckland, New Zealand, the daughter of Bob Bennett and Lee Bennett. She has Tainui ancestry through her half-Māori paternal grandmother, Ailsa Bennett. Her father had a flooring business in Auckland, then in 1974 bought the village store at Kinloch, near Taupo. Bennett attended Taupo-nui-a-Tia College in Taupo. At 17 she gave birth to a daughter, Ana, and raised her alone while working in hospitality and tourism-industry jobs or, at times, receiving welfare payments from the New Zealand Government.
In 1992 Bennett moved to Auckland, where she worked in a rest home, first as a kitchenhand and then as a nurse aide. She began studying social work at the Albany campus of Massey University in 1994. She became the welfare officer of the Massey University at Albany Students' Association, then, in 1996, the president, which she said gave her a taste for politics. She discontinued the social work component of her course of study, leaving simply social policy, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.
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