Jacinda Ardern On Having Imposter Syndrome
Originally published by Sarah Ferguson and Marina Freri for ABC News Australia
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says we need to radically re-think our ideas about what makes a successful political leader.
“I want to bring into question those old assumptions about the character traits we want in politics,” Ms Ardern tells 7.30 in her first Australian TV interview about her new memoir, A Different Kind of Power.
Sworn in as PM in 2017 aged 37, Jacinda Ardern became a phenomenon as Jacindamania swept New Zealand then the world, partly in response to her youth but also the highly unusual circumstances of her giving birth while in office (Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto was the only other modern politician to do so, in 1990).