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[[File:John Key.jpg|right|thumb|John Key]]

[[File:John Key.jpg|right|thumb|John Key]]

'''John Phillip Key''' (9 August 1961) was the 38th [[Prime Minister]] of [[New Zealand]]. Key was the leader of the right-wing New Zealand National Party. Key was first elected Prime Minister in the November 2008 election and, unlike any previous Prime Minister in New Zealand, has won 3 successive terms increasing his majority each election. Key is widely considered to be the best Prime Minister in New Zealand's history and has the highest personal approval rating of all that came before him. The left-wing of New Zealand politics has been decimated since Key's rise to power and the next largest party in Parliament, the left-wing Labour Party, is languishing in the polls. John Key stood down as Prime Minister in December of 2016 to focus more on his family and will go down as New Zealand's most popular Prime Minister and one of New Zealand's only PM's to voluntarily stand down as opposed to being pushed by his party or losing an election. He was succeeded by [[Bill English]].

'''John Phillip Key''' (9 August 1961) was the 38th [[Prime Minister]] of [[New Zealand]]. Key was the leader of the right-wing New Zealand National Party. Key was first elected Prime Minister in the November 2008 election and, unlike any previous Prime Minister in New Zealand, has won 3 successive terms increasing his majority each election. Key is widely considered to be the best Prime Minister in New Zealand's history and has the highest personal approval rating of all that came before him. The left-wing of New Zealand politics has been decimated since Key's rise to power and the next largest party in Parliament, the left-wing Labour Party, is languishing in the polls. John Key stood down as Prime Minister in December 2016 to focus more on his family and will go down as New Zealand's most popular Prime Minister and one of New Zealand's only PM's to voluntarily stand down as opposed to being pushed by his party or losing an election. He was succeeded by [[Bill English]].

John Key has been lauded by incoming Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnball, who said of Key that his style of governing was  one to emulate stating:  

John Key has been lauded by incoming Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnball, who said of Key that his style of governing was  one to emulate stating:  

==Biography==

==Biography==

John Key was born in a state housing zone while his mother worked two jobs to support the family after his father passed away - it was from this experience Key learned the value of work and to not expect handouts. He rose to prominence after graduating with a Degree in Commerce, working in Singapore, Sydney,London before heading up the Foreign Exchange department for Merrill Lynch. It was at Merrill Lynch he earned the nickname "the smiling assassin"<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/8917447/John-Key-the-smiling-assassin-on-course-to-win-New-Zealands-election.html</ref> due to his ability to remain cheerful and outgoing despite having to lay off colleagues. Upon returning to New Zealand he fulfilled his boyhood dream to enter politics and become Prime Minister.<ref>https://johnkey.national.org.nz/about</ref> John Key advocates lowering taxes, partial privatisation of some governments agencies, smaller government, business friendly governance and the defence of individual freedoms.<ref>http://www.national.org.nz/About/vision.aspx</ref> Key is also the Minister of Tourism and under this portfolio he brought the [[Rugby]] World Cup and the [[Cricket]] World Cup to New Zealand as well as bringing in big blockbuster productions such as Avatar, The Lord of The Rings trilogy and The Hobbit films.

John Key was born in a state housing zone while his mother worked two jobs to support the family after his father passed away - it was from this experience Key learned the value of work and to not expect handouts. He rose to prominence after graduating with a Degree in Commerce, working in Singapore, Sydney,London before heading up the Foreign Exchange department for Merrill Lynch. It was at Merrill Lynch he earned the nickname "the smiling assassin"<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/8917447/John-Key-the-smiling-assassin-on-course-to-win-New-Zealands-election.html</ref> due to his ability to remain cheerful and outgoing despite having to lay off colleagues. Upon returning to New Zealand he fulfilled his boyhood dream to enter politics and become Prime Minister.<ref>https://johnkey.national.org.nz/about</ref> John Key advocates lowering taxes, partial privatisation of some governments agencies, smaller government, business friendly governance and the defence of individual freedoms.<ref>http://www.national.org.nz/About/vision.aspx</ref> Key is also the Minister of Tourism and under this portfolio he brought the [[Rugby]] World Cup and the [[Cricket]] World Cup to New Zealand as well as bringing in big blockbuster productions such as Avatar, The Lord of The Rings trilogy and The Hobbit films.

==Left-Wing attacks==

==Left-Wing attacks==