Who appointed the first openly gay cabinet member

Mr Robertson replaces Winston Peters as deputy prime minister after Mr Peters and his New Zealand First party failed to get re-elected. President Trump became the first president to name an openly gay person to a Cabinet-level position this week with the appointment of Richard Grenell as acting director of national intelligence.

Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says he wants to be a leader for all New Zealanders. AP: Nick Perry. With the global outlook worsening we won't be immune to the ongoing impact COVID is having around the world," she told reporters in Wellington. It nevertheless signed a "cooperation agreement" with the Green Party on Sunday, which says the two parties will work together on climate, environment and child-wellbeing issues.

In addition to the politicians listed below, Jenny Durkan, who served as United States attorney for the Western District of Washington from to , is believed to be the first openly gay United States attorney. The historic move means Buttigieg will become America’s first ever openly gay Cabinet secretary.

ABC News News Home. The year-old former South Bend, Ind. mayor is both the first openly gay man confirmed to a Cabinet position and the youngest member of President Biden's Cabinet. Jacinda Ardern led Labour to its biggest victory in half a century. Nanaia Mahuta, flanked by other senior Maori lawmakers, has been appointed Foreign Minister.

In a statement, the US president elect hailed Buttigieg as a “patriot and a problem-solver who speaks to the best of who we are as a nation”. Congratulations to Secretary Pete Buttigieg on his historic confirmation. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.

And that is not the first consideration. Topic: Government and Politics. New Zealand elected its most diverse parliament ever on October 17 — almost half the country's MPs are women, and around 10 per cent are from the LGBT community. Ms Ardern has assigned a number of indigenous Maori lawmakers to top positions, including Nanaia Mahuta, who will take on the role of Foreign Minister, and Kelvin Davis, who will be Minister for Children.

New Zealand has so far reported 25 deaths and just over 1, confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, far lower than many other developed countries. Kelvin Davis was expected to take on the role but said he turned it down to focus on his other responsibilities. The Labour Party won an outright majority in parliament, the first time any party has achieved that since New Zealand implemented a proportional voting system 24 years ago.

He is the first openly LGBTQ, Secretary or Senate-confirmed person to lead a department and hold a Cabinet-level position. Ms Ardern demoted some ministers considered to have underperformed during her first term, including Phil Twyford, who lost his transport portfolio.

Mr Robertson, who will also continue his previous job as finance minister, has long been a close friend and political ally of Ms Ardern. AAP: David Rowland. The U.S. Senate in a historic and overwhelmingly bipartisan vote confirmed Pete Buttigieg to be Secretary of Transportation.

Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has made history as the first openly gay Cabinet member in U.S. history to be confirmed by the Senate. New Zealand's new Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson will be the country's first openly gay man to hold the role after being appointed as part of the country's new leadership team.

Jacinda Ardern appoints Grant Robertson as New Zealand's first openly gay man to Deputy PM role. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse AFP , APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Ms Ardern said her government's top priorities will be to drive economic recovery from COVID while continuing to shield the country from the virus, which has largely been kept at bay.

[1] Furthermore, in , Demetrios Marantis became the first openly LGBT person to serve in a cabinet-level position in the Cabinet of the United States, serving in the Cabinet. Two Green Party MPs have been given ministerial roles outside of the Cabinet. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced her new Cabinet line-up after her Labour Party won re-election in a landslide victory last month.

The announcement prompted a wave of news articles reporting that Buttigieg, who is a gay man, would become the first openly LGBT Cabinet member in United States history if his appointment is. He said he had tried to be a minister for all New Zealanders, but also thought it was important for younger members of the LGBT community to see people they identify with take on top roles.

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