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Geoffrey Palmer

1942 - Today

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Sir Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer (born 21 April 1942) is a New Zealand lawyer and former politician who was a member of Parliament from 1979 to 1990. He served as the 33rd prime minister of New Zealand for a little over a year, from August 1989 until September 1990, leading the Fourth Labour Government. As minister of justice from 1984 to 1989, Palmer was responsible for considerable reforms of the country's legal and constitutional framework, such as the creation of the Constitution Act 1986, New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, Imperial Laws Application Act 1988, and the State Sector Act 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey Palmer has received more than 29,977 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Geoffrey Palmer is the 17,599th most popular politician (down from 16,228th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 110th in 2019) and the 27th most popular New Zealander Politician.

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  • 30k

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  • 48.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 17,599 out of 19,576. Before him are Gabriel Moore, Sangay Ngedup, Sergei Furgal, Andrea Bargnani, Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, and Muriel Humphrey Brown. After him are Greg Gianforte, Oksana Markarova, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, Margaret Alva, Amy Coney Barrett, and Violeta Bulc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 684. Before him are Jan Halvarsson, Alevtina Olyunina, Lynn Davies, Paul Hinder, Anthony W. England, and Jean-Claude Rudaz. After him are Margaret Alva, Butch Otter, Kathleen Blanco, Joe Boyd, Robin Widdows, and Nathan Deal.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 126 out of 303. Before him are Andrew Dominik (1967), John Walker (1952), Dudley Storey (1939), Mike Thackwell (1961), Simon Dickie (1951), and Archie Thompson (1978). After him are Robert Muldoon (1921), Dean O'Gorman (1976), Warren Cole (1940), Chris Rankin (1983), Lisa Chappell (1968), and Tim Bevan (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 27. Before him are Catherine Tizard (1931), Winston Peters (1945), Jerry Mateparae (1954), Keith Holyoake (1904), Jim Bolger (1935), and Georgina Beyer (1957). After him are Robert Muldoon (1921), Christopher Luxon (1970), Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (1900), Norman Kirk (1923), George Forbes (1869), and Bill Rowling (1927).

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