New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that she is pregnant.
The Labour leader, who was elected in October after she formed a center-left coalition, revealed Friday that the news of the surprise pregnancy came just six days before she became prime minister.
"It was a week before (Deputy Prime Minister) Winston Peters made his decision about how to form a coalition government. It`s been a long time to carry that secret," she said.
At 37, Ardern is New Zealand`s youngest prime minister since 1856. She is now set to be only the second elected world leader to give birth while in office.
In 1990, Benazir Bhutto gave birth to a daughter while serving as Pakistan`s prime minister.
Ardern is to take a six-week maternity leave, during which Peters will act as New Zealand`s leader. She said her husband is to be a "stay at home" dad.
In July last year, Ardern had been leader of the opposition for just one day when she was asked by a talk show host if she had to make a choice between children and a career.
Ardern gained an instant boost to her campaign when she answered that such a question was "totally unacceptable in 2017.
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