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Helen Clark, former New Zealand PM, enters race for UN secretary general. Clark announces candidacy in New York in push to succeed Ban Ki-moon and become first woman to hold the position. Helen Clark, the former prime minister of New Zealand and the current head of the UN development programme. Photograph: Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters Helen Clark, the former prime minister of New Zealand, has entered the race to succeed Ban Ki-moon as secretary general of the United Nations in a bid to become the first woman in the role of worldâs top diplomat.