Carmel Sepuloni

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Carmel Jean Sepuloni (born 1977) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 20th deputy prime minister of New Zealand. A member of the Labour Party, she was first elected to Parliament in 2008 for a three-year term as a list Member of Parliament (MP), and was re-elected as MP for Kelston in 2014. In 2023, she was elected as the deputy leader of the Labour Party, succeeding Kelvin Davis. Sepuloni is New Zealand's first MP of Tongan descent. She was a senior minister in the Sixth Labour Government under Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, holding office as Minister for Social Development throughout the government's term, and additionally serving as Minister for Arts, Culture, and Heritage, Minister for ACC, Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Minister for Disability Issues, and Minister for Pacific Peoples. She became deputy prime minister in January 2023, when the Labour leadership switched to Chris Hipkins.

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