New Delhi: Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, on Friday morning announced that she and her partner were expecting their first child this year. This year, Ardern will become the second prime minister in the world to give birth while still in office. The first was late Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Ardern took to Twitter in the early hours of Friday to announce her pregnancy.
Ardern wrote on Twitter: "We thought 2017 was a big year! This year we’ll join the many parents who wear two hats. I’ll be PM & a mum while Clarke will be “first man of fishing” & stay at home dad. There will be lots of questions (I can assure you we have a plan all ready to go!) but for now bring on 2018 (sic)."
Ardern, a New Zealand Labour Party leader, was sworn in as Prime Minister in October 2017. New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters will take charge of the Prime Minister's office for a period of six weeks, to allow Ardern to take maternity leave.
We thought 2017 was a big year! This year we’ll join the many parents who wear two hats. I’ll be PM & a mum while Clarke will be “first man of fishing” & stay at home dad. There will be lots of questions (I can assure you we have a plan all ready to go!) but for now bring on 2018 pic.twitter.com/nowAYOhAbF— Jacinda Ardern (@jacindaardern) January 18, 2018
Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull congratulated his NZ counterpart in a tweet and wrote: "Congratulations @jacindaardern on your wonderful news today. When we spoke this morning you sounded more excited than you did when you won the election! Lots of love and best wishes from me and Lucy and all of us across the ditch."
In January 1990, Benazir Bhutto created history by giving birth to her second child and eldest daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari.
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