For the Canadian politician, see David Hadley Lange.
The Right Honourable
David Lange
ONZ CH
Lange in the 1980s
32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand
In office 26 July 1984 – 8 August 1989
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governors‑General
David Beattie Paul Reeves
Deputy
Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded by
Robert Muldoon
Succeeded by
Geoffrey Palmer
27th Attorney-General of New Zealand
In office 8 August 1989 – 2 November 1990
Prime Minister
Geoffrey Palmer Mike Moore
Preceded by
Geoffrey Palmer
Succeeded by
Paul East
35th Minister of Education
In office 24 August 1987 – 8 August 1989
Preceded by
Russell Marshall
Succeeded by
Geoffrey Palmer
20th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 26 July 1984 – 24 August 1987
Preceded by
Warren Cooper
Succeeded by
Russell Marshall
23rd Leader of the Opposition
In office 3 February 1983 – 26 July 1984
Deputy
Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded by
Bill Rowling
Succeeded by
Robert Muldoon
9th Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party
In office 3 February 1983 – 8 August 1989
Deputy
Geoffrey Palmer
Preceded by
Bill Rowling
Succeeded by
Geoffrey Palmer
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mangere
In office 26 March 1977 – 12 October 1996
Preceded by
Colin Moyle
Succeeded by
Taito Phillip Field
Personal details
Born
(1942-08-04)4 August 1942 Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, New Zealand
Died
13 August 2005(2005-08-13) (aged 63) Middlemore, Auckland, New Zealand
Cause of death
Complications from renal failure and diabetes
Resting place
Waikaraka Cemetery
Political party
Labour
Spouses
Naomi Joy Crampton
(m. 1968; div. 1991)
Margaret Pope
(m. 1992)
Children
4
Parent(s)
Roy Lange Phoebe Fysh Lange
Relatives
Peter Lange (brother) Michael Bassett (third cousin)
Profession
Lawyer, Politician
Awards
Right Livelihood Award
Signature
This article is part of a series about
David Lange
Early life and career
Member for Mangere
Mangere by-election, 1977
Electoral history
Leader of the Labour Party
Fish and Chip Brigade
Shadow Cabinet of David Lange
1983 leadership election
1988 leadership election
Prime Minister of New Zealand
1984 constitutional crisis
New Zealand nuclear-free zone
Rogernomics
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986
Tomorrow's Schools
Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Lange v Atkinson
Elections
1984 general election
1987 general election
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David Russell LangeONZ CH PC (/ˈlɒŋi/LONG-ee; 4 August 1942 – 13 August 2005) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 32nd prime minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989.
Lange was born and brought up in Ōtāhuhu, the son of a physician. He became a lawyer, and represented poor and struggling people in civil rights causes in the rapidly changing Auckland of the 1970s.[1] After serving as legal advisor to the Polynesian Panthers,[2][3] Lange was first elected to the New Zealand Parliament in the Mangere by-election of 1977. He became a prominent debater within parliament, and soon gained a reputation for cutting wit (sometimes directed against himself) and eloquence. Lange became the leader of the Labour Party and leader of the Opposition in 1983, succeeding Bill Rowling.
When Prime Minister Robert Muldoon called an election for July 1984 Lange led his party to a landslide victory, becoming, at the age of 41, New Zealand's youngest prime minister of the 20th century. Lange took various measures to deal with the economic problems he had inherited from the previous government. Some of the measures he took were controversial; the free-market ethos of the Fourth Labour Government did not always conform to traditional expectations of a social-democratic party. He also fulfilled a campaign promise to deny New Zealand's port facilities to nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered vessels, making New Zealand a nuclear-free zone. Lange and his party were re-elected in August 1987; he resigned two years later and was succeeded by his deputy, Geoffrey Palmer. He retired from parliament in 1996, and died in 2005 from renal failure and blood disease at the age of 63. Prime Minister Helen Clark described New Zealand's nuclear-free legislation as his legacy.[4]
^"Sisterhood of the Raids: teine toa who led The Polynesian Panther Party". RNZ. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^Anae, Melani (18 June 2016). "Racism was all around us". E-Tangata. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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"Former PM David Lange dies". Newstalk ZB. 14 August 2005. Archived from the original on 28 December 2005.
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