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Marilyn Waring

1952 - Today

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Dame Marilyn Joy Waring (born 7 October 1952) is a New Zealand public policy scholar, international development consultant, former politician, environmentalist, feminist and a principal founder of feminist economics. In 1975, aged 23, she became New Zealand's youngest member of parliament for the centre-right New Zealand National Party. As a member of parliament she chaired the Public Expenditure Committee. Her support of the opposition Labour Party's proposed nuclear-free New Zealand policy was instrumental in precipitating the 1984 New Zealand general election, and she left parliament in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marilyn Waring is the 763rd most popular businessperson (up from 778th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from New Zealand and the most popular New Zealander Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Marilyn Waring ranks 763 out of 847. Before her are Emily Faithfull, Colin Kolles, Paddy Lowe, Angela Ahrendts, Tory Burch, and James M. Beggs. After her are Dasha Zhukova, Andrea Jung, Jodie Marsh, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, and Jade Raymond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Marilyn Waring ranks 739. Before her are Magdalena Álvarez, Beverly Johnson, Kathryn C. Thornton, Walter Mosley, Rohini Godbole, and Louis Walsh. After her are Harry Anderson, Jim Wetherbee, Pedro Soto, Howie Hawkins, Don Was, and Melanie Mayron.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Marilyn Waring ranks 148 out of 303. Before her are Richard Pearse (1877), Chris Harris (null), Ivan Vicelich (1976), Archie Thompson (1978), Lisa Chappell (1968), and Whina Cooper (1895). After her are Mike Thackwell (1961), Georgina Beyer (1957), Tom Walsh (1992), Andrew Barron (1980), Rose McIver (1988), and Norman Kirk (1923).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In New Zealand

Among businesspeople born in New Zealand, Marilyn Waring ranks 1. 

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