Roger Douglas
New Zealand politician · New Zealand · On the map · Politicians · Born 1937 · age 88
Sir Roger Owen Douglas is a retired New Zealand politician, economist and accountant who served as a minister in two Labour governments.
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Labour Prime Minister Norman Kirk (pictured in 1972) appointed Douglas as Postmaster-General in his Cabinet; this was Douglas's first ministerial role.
Labour leader David Lange (pictured) was an early supporter of Douglas's reforms, but became unsettled by the mounting social cost of Rogernomics.
Douglas in 1996
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He is most recognised for his key involvement in New Zealand's radical economic restructuring in the 1980s, when the Fourth Labour Government's economic policy became known as "Rogernomics", which implemented neoliberal economic policies.
