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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, legal academic, 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, Imperial Laws Application Act, and the State Sector Act. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey Palmer has received more than 28,514 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Geoffrey Palmer is the 16,288th most popular politician (down from 14,412th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 97th in 2019) and the 25th most popular New Zealander Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 16,288 out of 15,577. Before him are Sergei Furgal, Allen Chastanet, Tom Daschle, Meritxell Batet, Tom Carper, and John G. Carlisle. After him are Paul Tsongas, Jean-Pierre Bel, Daniel Manning, George S. Boutwell, Ralph Northam, and Elżbieta Bieńkowska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 613. Before him are Adrian Metcalfe, Jürgen Kissner, Bobby Rydell, Mac Davis, Gerry Ashworth, and Ann Packer. After him are Walter Lini, Nathan Deal, Kathleen Blanco, Butch Otter, Margaret Alva, and Richard M. Daley.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 110 out of 248. Before him are Jerry Mateparae (1954), John Walker (1952), Jay Ryan (1981), Onny Parun (1947), Brendon Hartley (1989), and Callan Mulvey (1975). After him are Mike Thackwell (1961), Laurel Hubbard (1978), Chris Rankin (1983), Tim Bevan (1957), Lucky Diamond Rich (1971), and Ricki Herbert (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 25. Before him are Silvia Cartwright (1943), Winston Peters (1945), Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (1900), Keith Holyoake (1904), Jim Bolger (1935), and Jerry Mateparae (1954). After him are Robert Muldoon (1921), Nanaia Mahuta (1970), Norman Kirk (1923), Bill Rowling (1927), Ian Ferguson (1953), and Georgina Beyer (1957).

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