Roger Douglas Politician

Sir Roger Owen Douglas (born 5 December 1937) is a New Zealand politician who served as a minister in two Labour governments. He is best known for his prominent role in the radical economic restructuring of the 1980s, when the Fourth Labour Government's economic policy became known as Rogernomics. In 1993, Douglas and Derek Quigley founded the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers (the forerunner of the ACT New Zealand Party). He served as a Labour Member of Parliament from 1969 to 1990 and returned to Parliament as an ACT backbencher in 2008 before retiring in 2011.

Personal facts

Roger Douglas
Birth dateDecember 05, 1937
Birth place
Auckland

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Office holder

party
New Zealand Labour Party
ACT New Zealand
prime minister
region
Manurewa (New Zealand electorate)
ACT New Zealand
relation
Malcolm Douglas (politician)
Norman Douglas (New Zealand politician)
successor

Roger Douglas on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://salient.org.nz/features/sir-roger
  2. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/seafood/2/2