David Shearer

David Shearer MBE
Shearer in Mount Albert, May 2009
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2017
Secretary-General	António Guterres
Preceded by	Ellen Margrethe Løj
33rd Leader of the Opposition
In office 13 December 2011 – 15 September 2013
Deputy	Grant Robertson
Preceded by	Phil Goff
Succeeded by	David Cunliffe
14th Leader of the Labour Party
In office 13 December 2011 – 15 September 2013
Deputy	Grant Robertson
Preceded by	Phil Goff
Succeeded by	David Cunliffe
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mount Albert
In office 13 June 2009 – 31 December 2016
Preceded by	Helen Clark
Succeeded by	Jacinda Ardern
Personal details
Born	David James Shearer (1957-07-28) 28 July 1957 (age 67) Auckland, New Zealand
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Anuschka Meyer
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Auckland University of Canterbury
Occupation	Politician, humanitarian worker
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David James Shearer MBE (born 28 July 1957) is a New Zealand United Nations worker and politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 2009 to 2016. He was Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2013.

Shearer resigned from Parliament in December 2016 and is in charge of the United Nations peace keeping mission in South Sudan.^[1]

1. ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints David Shearer of New Zealand Special Representative for South Sudan". United Nations. 13 December 2016.