Paula Lee Bennett (born 9 April 1969) is a New Zealand politician. She is the Deputy Leader of the National Party and MP for Upper Harbour. She was the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand between December 2016 and October 2017.
Wyatt Creech
Wyatt Beetham Creech (born 13 October 1946) is an American-born New Zealand politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister in Jenny Shipley's National Party government from August 1998 to December 1999.
In the 2003 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as a Member of Parliament.
Jim McLay
Sir James Kenneth McLay (born 21 February 1945) is a New Zealand politician. He was the Deputy Prime Minister from 15 March to 26 July 1984. McLay was also Leader of the National Party and Leader of the Opposition from 29 November 1984 to 26 March 1986.
List of prime ministers of New Zealand
The Prime Minister of New Zealand is the head of government of New Zealand, and the leader of the Cabinet of New Zealand.
The parties shown are those to which the Prime Ministers belonged at the time they held office and the electoral districts shown are those they represented while in office. Several Prime Ministers belonged to parties other than those given and represented other electorates before and after their time in office.
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Robert Muldoon
Sir Robert David Muldoon (; 25 September 19215 August 1992) was a New Zealand politician. He was the 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand, from 1975 to 1984, while Leader of the National Party.
Henry Sewell
Henry Sewell (7 September 1807 – 14 May 1879) was a New Zealand politician. He is the first Premier of New Zealand. He later became Colonial Treasurer (1856–59), as Attorney-General (1861–62), and twice as Minister of Justice (1864–65, 1869–72).
Michael Cullen
Michael or Mick Cullen may refer to:
Mick Cullen
Michael Joseph Cullen (born 3 July 1931) is a Scottish former footballer. He played for Luton Town and Grimsby Town.
Cullen was born in Glasgow. At the age of 17, he signed for English Second Division side Luton Town in 1948.
In 1956, he became the only Luton Town player ever to be capped by Scotland. He was sold to Grimsby Town in 1958, and after a successful career there he moved on to Derby County.
He moved on to Wellington Town, where he played out his career.
Samantha Bee
Samantha Anne Bee (born October 25, 1969) is a Canadian-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actress, and television host. Bee became famous on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". She was a regular correspondent on the show longer than anyone else. In 2015, she left after 12 years to start her own show, "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee".
Bee became a US citizen in 2014. She is still a Canadian citizen. In 2017, "Time" named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual "Time" 100 list.
Pomona College
Pomona College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to make a "college of the New England type" in Southern California, and in the 1920s, it founded the Claremont Colleges group.
Pomona is a four-year college for undergraduates. About students from all 50 U.S. states and 63 countries go there . The college offers 48 majors and 600 courses, but students can take about 2700 courses total when the courses at the other Claremont Colleges are counted. The college's - main campus is in a residential area near the base of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Pomona has the lowest acceptance rate of any U.S. liberal arts college ( for the class of 4), and is ranked among the top five liberal arts colleges in the country by "Forbes", "U.S. News & World Report", and "The Wall Street Journal"/"Times Higher Education". It has an endowment of $( / 10^9) round 2 billion , giving it the eighth-highest endowment per student of any college or university in the U.S. In 2020, "Niche" ranked Pomona as the most diverse college or university in the country; 74% of students are from outside of California, 56% receive need-based financial aid, and 61% are a person of color or an international student.
Pomona has about 25,000 living alumni. The college's alumni have won Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony awards. They have also become U.S. Senators, ambassadors, and other federal officials. Others have won Pulitzer Prizes, become billionaires, won a Nobel Prize, joined the National Academies, and competed in the Olympics. The college is a top contributor to the Fulbright Program and other fellowships.
Amy McGrath
Amy M. McGrath (born June 3, 1975) is an American politician and former Marine fighter pilot. During her 20 years of service in the Marine Corps, McGrath flew 89 combat missions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
McGrath was the first woman to fly a combat mission for the Marine Corps, as well as the first to pilot the F/A-18 on a combat mission.
Following her retirement from military service in 2017, McGrath entered politics. She was the Democratic nominee for Kentucky's 6th congressional district in the 2018 election, narrowly losing to incumbent Republican Andy Barr.
In July 2019, she announced her campaign to run for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in the 2020 election against incumbent Mitch McConnell. In June 2020, she won the Democratic nomination. However, she lost the general election to McConnell.
Sara Gideon
Sara Gideon (born December 4, 1971) is an American politician. She has been the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives since 2016. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
She was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2020 U.S. Senate election against Republican incumbent Susan Collins.
Nettie Stevens
Nettie Maria Stevens (July 7, 1861 – May 4, 1912) was an early American geneticist credited with the discovery of sex chromosomes. She is credited with the discovery of two kinds of sperm in male mealworms, one with a large chromosome and one with a small chromosome. The pair of sex chromosomes that she studied later became known as the X and Y chromosomes.
Taylor Momsen
Taylor Michel Momsen (born July 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, model, and former actress. She is known for portraying the character of Jenny Humphrey on The CW's teen drama series "Gossip Girl" (2007–2012) and Cindy Lou Who in the film "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000). After her retirement from acting, she became widely known for being the frontwoman of the American rock band The Pretty Reckless.
Momsen was signed with Ford Models at a very young age, she began acting professionally at three years of age in a 1997 national commercial for Shake 'n Bake. She was then cast in "The Prophet's Game".
She played the character of Jenny Humphrey in The CW television series "Gossip Girl", based on the book series by Cecily von Ziegesar. Momsen's appearances on the series became increasingly sporadic, and, by the end of the first half of the fou
rth season, she had only appeared in four episodes. It was then announced that the actress would be scheduled for an indefinite hiatus from the show, which ended with her leaving the series as a regular cast member after the completion of the fourth season in 2011. On August 16, 2011, Momsen told "Elle" magazine that she had quit acting to focus on her music career. On October 16, 2012, it was reported that Momsen would be returning to "Gossip Girl" for its final episode, in which she appeared briefly in the wedding sequence.