David Seymour

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David Breen Seymour (born 24 June 1983) is a New Zealand politician who has served as the 21st deputy prime minister of New Zealand since 2025 and as the 1st minister for regulation since 2023. A member of the ACT Party, he has served as its leader and as the member of parliament for Epsom since 2014. Typically classified as a right-libertarian populist, Seymour has liberal views on freedom of choice and economic policy, and conversely majoritarian and reactionary views on New Zealand civic nationalism and indigenous rights. Seymour spent his early years in Whangārei and joined the ACT Party while studying at the University of Auckland. Following his graduation in 2006, he worked in the engineering industry. Subsequently, he worked for conservative think tanks in Canada during the 2000s, and was linked to the Atlas Network. He stood unsuccessfully for election to the New Zealand House of Representatives in 2005 and 2011, before being elected in 2014 as ACT's sole MP. He then replaced Jamie...

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