Raymond Huo | |
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| 霍建强 | |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour Party List | |
| In office 16 March 2017 – 17 October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jacinda Ardern |
| In office 8 November 2008 – 20 September 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Huo Jianqiang 霍建强 1964 (age 60–61) Qianshan, Anhui, China |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland Anhui University China University of Political Science and Law |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Raymond Huo (simplified Chinese: 霍建强; traditional Chinese: 霍建強; pinyin: Hùo Jiànqiáng; born 1964[1]) is a New Zealand politician who was a Member of Parliament from 2008 to 2014 and from 2017 to 2020. He was first elected in 2008 as the New Zealand Labour Party's first MP of Chinese descent. He was the third Chinese New Zealander to enter Parliament, after the National Party's Pansy Wong and ACT's Kenneth Wang.
Huo announced in July 2020 that he would not be standing in the 2020 election.[2] Multiple news outlets reported in 2021 that his retirement from Parliament came after intelligence agencies flagged concerns about his relationship with the Chinese Government, and was arranged as part of a deal between Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Opposition Leader Todd Muller that also involved National MP Jian Yang leaving Parliament for the same reason.[3][4][5][6]
- ^ "Roll of members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, 1854 onwards" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. 24 May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Labour MP Raymond Huo retiring from politics at election". Stuff. 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Vance, Andrea (2022). Blue Blood: The inside story of the National Party in crisis. Auckland: HarperCollins. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-7755-4215-5.
- ^ McCulloch, Craig (27 May 2021). "Labour, National tight-lipped on former Kiwi-Chinese MPs' departure". RNZ. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Harman, Richard (26 May 2021). "The cooling of relations with China: Why two MPs retired last year". Politik. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Hooton, Matthew (26 May 2021). "Matthew Hooton: Chinese Government associates alleged to have infiltrated National and Labour". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.