David James Shearer, MBE (born 28 July 1957) is a New Zealand humanitarian worker and current Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party. He won the Mount Albert by-election on 13 June 2009 to become a Member of the Parliament of New Zealand for the Labour Party. He was named (together with his wife) as New Zealander of the Year by the New Zealand Herald in 1992.
Shearer was born and brought up in Auckland. He attended Papatoetoe Hig...
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David James Shearer, MBE (born 28 July 1957) is a New Zealand humanitarian worker and current Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party. He won the Mount Albert by-election on 13 June 2009 to become a Member of the Parliament of New Zealand for the Labour Party. He was named (together with his wife) as New Zealander of the Year by the New Zealand Herald in 1992.
Shearer was born and brought up in Auckland. He attended Papatoetoe High School, where he was head boy. He then graduated from the University of Auckland with a BSc and the University of Canterbury with a MSc (Hons) in Resource Management. Between 1983 to 1987 he was a teacher at Massey High School and Onehunga High School.
Shearer has conducted various assignments with the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Save the Children Fund, and the International Crisis Group, and is the author of numerous publications in the areas of humanitarian affairs and conflict resolution.
In 1992 Shearer, and his...
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