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		</div><p>Jacinda Ardern has announced her shock resignation as New Zealand prime minister, saying she “no longer has enough in the tank” to do the role justice.</p>
<p>Ms Ardern on Thursday told reporters her last day would be no later than February 7th.</p>
<p>In an emotional speech at the New Zealand Labour party’s annual caucus meeting, the 42-year-old said it was “time” to step down.</p>
<p>Ms Ardern said: “I’m leaving, because with such a privileged role comes responsibility. The responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead and also when you are not. I know what this job takes. And I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. It’s that simple.”</p>
<p>The outgoing prime minister, who was elected to the role at the age of 37 in October 2017, made history as the world’s youngest female head of government.</p>
<figure id="attachment_177350" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-177350" style="width: 789px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/EDF5A44B-4D14-4B1B-8CC8-B39C0923AA02.jpeg" alt="" width="789" height="534" class="size-full wp-image-177350" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-177350" class="wp-caption-text">Jacinda Ardern is received by Britain&#8217;s King Charle at Buckingham Palace after Queen Elizabeth’s death.</figcaption></figure>
<p>The next year, Ms Ardern made history again by giving birth while in office – making her the world’s second elected head of government to do so.</p>
<p>With Thursday’s announcement, Ms Ardern called for a general election on October 14th</p>
<p>She said she had given her “absolute all” during nearly six years in office but did not have the reserve to serve another term.</p>
<p>Ms Ardern had faced a tough election campaign this year.</p>
<p>Her liberal Labour Party won re-election two years ago in a landslide of historic proportions, but recent polls have put her party behind its conservative rivals.</p>
<p>Ms Ardern was lauded globally for her country’s initial handling of the coronavirus pandemic after New Zealand managed for months to stop the virus at its borders. But that zero-tolerance strategy was abandoned once it was challenged by new variants and vaccines became available.</p>
<p>She faced tougher criticism at home that the strategy was too strict.</p>
<p>Ms Ardern in December announced a Royal Commission of Inquiry would look into whether the government made the right decisions in battling Covid-19 and how it can better prepare for future pandemics. Its report is due next year.</p>
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