Nigel Haworth

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Nigel Haworth
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35th President of the Labour Party
Assumed office
27 February 2015
Vice President Virginia Andersen
Leader Andrew Little
Preceded by Moira Coatsworth
Personal details
Born Nigel Anthony Fell Haworth
1951
Wales
Political party Labour
Scientific career
Fields Economics
Latin American studies
International labour market
Institutions University of Strathclyde
University of Auckland
Alma mater University of Liverpool
Thesis The industrial community in Arequipa: the failure of a new unitarism (1982)

Nigel Anthony Fell Haworth (born 1951) is a New Zealand economics academic and politician. He was elected president of the New Zealand Labour Party in February 2015, succeeding Moira Coatsworth.

Education and academic career

Born in Wales in 1951,[1] Haworth studied economics at the University of Liverpool,[2] and completed a PhD there in 1982.[3] He specialises in Latin American studies and the international labour market.[2]

From 1978 to 1988, Haworth was a lecturer in industrial relations at the University of Strathclyde. He then emigrated to New Zealand to take up a post at the University of Auckland, becoming a professor in 1993. He was appointed head of the Department of Management and International Business in 2012 for a three-year term.[4]

Politics

Haworth served as president of the Association of University Staff of New Zealand from 2005 to 2008.[4] In 2012 he was elected as a member of the New Zealand Labour Party's policy council, and the following year he became a member of the Labour Party's New Zealand Council. He was elected to succeed Moira Coatworth as party president in 2015.[5]

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Party political offices
Preceded by President of the Labour Party
2015–present		 Incumbent
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