David Cunliffe

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Cunliffe
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 30, 1963(1963-04-30)
Age	61
Country	New Zealand
Horoscope	Aries

David Cunliffe Biography

David Cunliffe is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 30, 1963 in New Zealand. After being elected to his Titirangi district within the New Zealand Parliament, this Labour Party leader remained in Parliament as a representative for New Lynn and also served as minister of Communications as well as Health Minister. Health.

He was Leader of the Opposition in the government of the prime minister, New Zealand National Party politician He served as Leader of the Opposition under the prime ministerial administration of New Zealand National Party politician John Key..

Cunliffe was born in Te Aroha on 30 April 1963. His family moved to Te Kuiti, then to Pleasant Point. His father, Bill, an Anglican minister, was active in the Labour Party. As a teenager he won a scholarship to study the International Baccalaureate at the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales. Cunliffe studied politics at the University of Otago, where he was a member of the Otago University Debating Society, and gained a BA with first- class honours. He worked as a diplomat from 1987 to 1994 and gained a Diploma in Social Sciences (Distinction) in economics from Massey University in 1993. He was a Fulbright Scholar and Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, including some courses at Harvard Business and Law School in 1994 and 1995, earning a Master of Public Administration. He worked as a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Auckland from 1995 to 1999.

David Richard Cunliffe QSO (born 30 April 1963) is a New Zealand politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, serving from September 2013 to September 2014. A former Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for New Lynn, he served as the Minister of Health, Minister for Communications and Information Technology and Minister of Immigration, as well as a range of associate economic portfolios for the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand from October 2007 until November 2008.

A son of an Anglican reverend and a cleric from the Anglican Church, he was educated within Te Kuiti and Pleasant Point, New Zealand. His wedding to lawyer Karen Price resulted in two sons.

David Cunliffe Net Worth

David Cunliffe is one of the richest Politician from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Cunliffe 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After receiving an undergraduate degree in politics at Otago University, he went on to study politics at University of Otago, he was a student of the field of economics in Massey University and went on to earn the Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University.

A social liberal who voted for legalizing the same-sex marriage within New Zealand.

Cunliffe led the party to its worst general election result since 1922. The National Party returned to power with 48.1% of the vote (its best result since 1951) while Labour claimed just 24.7%. Cunliffe initially vowed to remain as the party leader, in spite of the poor election result. On 27 September Cunliffe formally resigned as leader but announced he was re-contesting in the 2014 leadership election. Later on 13 October, he announced he was pulling out of the leadership race.

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Who is David Cunliffe Dating?

According to our records, David Cunliffe married to Karen Price. As of December 1, 2023, David Cunliffe’s is not dating anyone.

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Cunliffe is generally liberal when it comes to conscience issues. He voted in favour of the decriminalisation of prostitution, the establishment of civil unions, and the criminalisation of parental corporal punishment. He voted against defining marriage as between one man and one woman, and voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage. In 2006, he voted in favour of raising the legal drinking age from 18 to 20, but voted against it in 2012.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. David Cunliffe celebrates birthday on April 30 of every year.

In 2006, in his previous role as Immigration Minister, he announced a major review of the Immigration Act 1987. As Minister for Communications and Information Technology he announced extensive pro-competitive reform of the telecommunications sector, including local loop unbundling and operational separation of then Telecom New Zealand.