{"id":"david-lange","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-lange","language":"en","name":"David Lange","name_en":"David Lange","name_ne":null,"description":"Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989","headline":"Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989","also_known_as":[],"summary":"David Russell Lange was a New Zealand politician who served as the 32nd prime minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. A member of the New Zealand Labour Party, Lange was also the minister of education and the minister of foreign affairs alongside his term as prime minister. He was also the attorney-general of New Zealand from 1989 to 1990.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"4 August 1942","date":"1942-08-04"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Ōtāhuhu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2036659"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"13 August 2005","date":"2005-08-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Middlemore","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6841816"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"New Zealand","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q664"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"},{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"},{"text":"jurist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185351"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"New Zealand Labour Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1048192"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Auckland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q492467"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Naomi Lange","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134546388","start":"1968","end":"1991"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Attorney-General of New Zealand (4 August 1989 – 2 November 1990)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4818600","start":"1989-08-04","end":"1990-11-02"},{"text":"Minister of Education of New Zealand (24 August 1987 – 8 August 1989)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6866108","start":"1987-08-24","end":"1989-08-08"},{"text":"Minister of Foreign Affairs (26 July 1984 – 24 August 1987)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6866148","start":"1984-07-26","end":"1987-08-24"},{"text":"Prime Minister of New Zealand (26 July 1984 – 8 August 1989)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071117","start":"1984-07-26","end":"1989-08-08"},{"text":"Leader of the Opposition (3 February 1983 – 28 July 1984)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6508547","start":"1983-02-03","end":"1984-07-28"},{"text":"Member of the New Zealand Parliament (1977–1996)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18145518","start":"1977","end":"1996"},{"text":"Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28841847"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Order of New Zealand","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973829","date":"2003-06-02"},{"text":"Companion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16947520","date":"1989-12-30"},{"text":"Right Livelihood Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152770","date":"2003"},{"text":"New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16933211"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lange","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589"],"faq":[{"q":"When was David Lange born?","a":"David Lange was born on 4 August 1942 in Ōtāhuhu."},{"q":"What positions has David Lange held?","a":"Positions held by David Lange include: Attorney-General of New Zealand (1989–1990); Minister of Education of New Zealand (1987–1989); Minister of Foreign Affairs (1984–1987); Prime Minister of New Zealand (1984–1989); Leader of the Opposition (1983–1984)."},{"q":"Where did David Lange study?","a":"David Lange was educated at University of Auckland."}],"related":[{"name":"Henry Sewell","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/henry-sewell"},{"name":"Francis Bell","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francis-bell"},{"name":"George Forbes","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/george-forbes"},{"name":"Robert Stout","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/robert-stout"},{"name":"Geoffrey Palmer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/geoffrey-palmer-q1385100"},{"name":"William Fox","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-fox"},{"name":"William Hall-Jones","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-hall-jones"},{"name":"Richard Seddon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/richard-seddon"},{"name":"Harry Atkinson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/harry-atkinson"},{"name":"Mike Moore","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mike-moore"},{"name":"Keith Holyoake","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/keith-holyoake"},{"name":"Walter Nash","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/walter-nash"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/david-lange-dbd0daf10f.jpg","width":500,"height":616,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Courtesy of Horowhenua Historical Society inc, Levin, New Zealand","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Lange_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): David Lange","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lange","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q367589","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367589","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: David Lange (cropped).jpg by Courtesy of Horowhenua Historical Society inc, Levin, New Zealand (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Lange_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article David Lange, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: David Lange (cropped).jpg — Courtesy of Horowhenua Historical Society inc, Levin, New Zealand, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"David Lange\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/david-lange. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T09:02:14Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-lange","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-lange","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-lange?lang=ne"}}