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The Rt. Hon. Mike Moore

The Right Honorable Michael Kenneth Moore (born 1949) is a politician from New Zealand who has served both as Prime Minister of New Zealand and Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Offical Portrait of New Zealand Premier Mike Moore File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Offical Portrait of New Zealand Premier Mike Moore File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealands head of government and is the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the Parliament of New Zealand. ... WTO Logo The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international, multilateral organization which sets the rules for the global trading system and resolves disputes between its member states, all of whom are signatories to its about 30 agreements. ...

Moore was born in the town of Whakatane, a small town in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty region. He held a number of jobs, working in a meat processing works, as a construction worker, and in the printing industry. He quickly became involved in the trade union movement, and was elected to the Auckland Trades Council when only 17 years old. His union work prompted him to become involved with the Labour Party, a party with strong traditional ties to the unions. Whakatane (pronounced Fah-kah-tah-neh) is a small town near the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ... The Bay of Plenty, often abbreviated to BoP, is a region of New Zealand situated around the body of water of the same name. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers... The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. ...

In the 1972 election Moore successfully stood as the Labour Party candidate for Eden, an electorate in the city of Auckland. Aged 23, he was one of the youngest people ever to be elected to the New Zealand Parliament. Throughout his early career in parliament, Moore served as the Labour Party's spokesperson on matters such as housing, regional development, the environment, and tourism. He lost his Eden electorate in Robert Muldoon's 1975 landslide; having moved to Christchurch, he returned to Parliament at the 1978 election as MP for the electorate of Christchurch North. The final results of the New Zealand General Election 1972 were 55 seats won by the Labour party (led by Norman Kirk) and 32 seats won by the National Party, with no minor parties winning any seats. ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... The New Zealand Parliament is the legislative body of the New Zealand government. ... The Right Honourable Sir Robert David (Rob) Muldoon GCMG CH (25 September 1921–5 August 1992) served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984. ... The 1975 New Zealand general election was the first election in New Zealand where all permanent residents of New Zealand were eligible to vote, although only citizens were able to be elected. ... For other uses, see Christchurch (disambiguation). ... The 1978 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to elect the 39th New Zealand Parliament. ...

The 1984 election saw the Labour Party, led by David Lange, defeat the incumbent National Party government of Robert Muldoon. Moore became Minister of Overseas Trade and Marketing, and later became Minister of External Affairs (predecessor to the modern Foreign Affairs portfolio). He also had a number of smaller roles, including that of Minister for the America's Cup in 1988/1989. The 1984 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. ... The Right Honourable David Russell Lange (pronounced Long-ee), CH, ONZ (4 August 1942 Thames, New Zealand – 13 August 2005 Auckland, New Zealand), served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. ... Current National Party logo The New Zealand National Party (sometimes referred to as the Nats or even as Tories) currently forms the second-largest (in terms of seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the Opposition. ... The Right Honourable Sir Robert David (Rob) Muldoon GCMG CH (25 September 1921–5 August 1992) served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984. ... The Americas Cup (originally the 100 Guineas Cup) is is the most famous and most prestigious competition in the sport of yachting, and the oldest active trophy in international sports, predating the FA Cup by two decades and the Modern Olympics by 45 years. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The new government quickly became entangled in debates surrounding economic policy, however - the Minister of Finance, Roger Douglas, was keen to pursue a free market monetarist policy known as Rogernomics, which was strongly at odds with Labour's traditional left-wing views. The unions were particularly strong in their opposition to the reforms that Douglas introduced. Despite his union background, Moore became increasingly aligned with the Douglas faction, although not to the same extent as many others. The Minister of Finance is a senior figure within the government of New Zealand. ... Sir Roger Douglas is a former New Zealand politician and senior Cabinet minister, best known for his leading role in the radical economic restructuring undertaken by the New Zealand Labour Party government in the 1980s. ... A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy... Monetarism is a set of views concerning the determination of national income and monetary economics. ... The term Rogernomics, a portmanteau of Roger and economics, was created by analogy with Reaganomics to describe the economic policies followed by New Zealand Finance Minister Roger Douglas from his appointment in 1984. ...

After a year of conflict,largely due to the 17th December,1987 economic package Douglas was sacked in December 1988.]]. However, Lange's own position had become weakened, and he himself resigned in August 1989 when the Labour Caucus voted Roger Douglas back to the Cabinet. Lange was replaced by Geoffrey Palmer. Palmer, however, was seen as too distant from ordinary New Zealanders, focusing most of his attention on legal and constitutional matters. Palmer was also seen as "too academic" and "too politically correct". In September 1990, eight weeks before the 1990 election, Moore replaced Palmer as leader of the Labour Party (and therefore, as Prime Minister). The Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer, AC, KCMG (born 21 April 1942), served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from August 1989 until September 1990, leading the Labour Party. ... This article is about the year. ... The 1990 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliaments 43rd term. ...

In the election, Labour was heavily defeated by the National Party, led by Jim Bolger. Moore became Leader of the Opposition. However, after the election of 1993 (which Labour failed to win; outspoken former Labour MP John Tamihere has said the party hierarchy lost the election on purpose), he was replaced as leader of the Labour Party by Helen Clark. Moore was considerably embittered by this, believing himself to have been betrayed by the party he had worked for. Although Moore agreed to become Labour's spokesperson on foreign affairs and trade, he also considered establishing a new centrist party (tentatively named the Democratic Coalition) along with rebel National MP Michael Laws and several other dissident Labour and National politicians. Moore eventually decided against a new party, and retired from parliament in 1999. He was made a member of the Order of New Zealand that same year. The Right Honourable James Brendan Jim Bolger, ONZ, (born 31 May 1935) was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997. ... The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. ... The 1993 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. ... John Tamihere serves as a New Zealand politician. ... This article discusses the New Zealand Prime Minister. ... Michael Laws (1957 - ) is a New Zealand politician. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Badge of the Order of New Zealand The Order of New Zealand is the highest locally awarded honour in the New Zealand Honours System. ...

World Trade Organization career

During his political career Moore had taken a keen interest in international trade issues. He became the favoured candidate of one group of countries for the post of director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). After a period of heated negotiation he obtained the post, taking the first half of a six year term shared with Supachai Panitchpakdi, officially taking office on 1 September 1999. He soon found himself in a difficult position, a figure of hate for the anti-globalization movement and also blamed for the failure of the 3rd ministerial conference in Seattle. Moore's term ended on 31 August 2002. International trade is the exchange of goods and services across international boundaries or territories. ... WTO Logo The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international, multilateral organization which sets the rules for the global trading system and resolves disputes between its member states, all of whom are signatories to its about 30 agreements. ... Supachai Panitchpakdi (Thai: ศุภชัย พานิชภักดิ์, born 1946 in Bangkok, Thailand) is the new Secretary General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Anti-WEF grafiti in Lausanne. ... On November 30, 1999, the World Trade Organization convened in Seattle, Washington, USA, for what was to be the launch of a new millennial round of trade negotiations. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After leaving the WTO, Moore was appointed to the Global Commission on International Migration, a United Nations organization launched at the end of 2003. Main articles: League of Nations and History of the United Nations The term United Nations was coined by Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, to refer to the Allies. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Moore is currently an adjunct professor in the law school at Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia and is a regular columnist for the Australian Financial Review. La Trobe University is a multicampus university with campuses in Melbourne (about 16000 students), Bendigo (about 5000 students), Albury-Wodonga (about 2000 students) and minor campuses at Mildura, Shepparton, Beechworth and Mount Buller. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... The Australian Financial Review is the leading business newspaper in Australia. ...

 

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