{"id":"hugh-watt","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hugh-watt","language":"en","name":"Hugh Watt","name_en":"Hugh Watt","name_ne":null,"description":"New Zealand politician (1912–1980)","headline":"New Zealand politician (1912–1980)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Hugh Watt was a New Zealand politician who was a Labour member of Parliament and the acting prime minister of New Zealand between 31 August and 6 September 1974, following the death of Prime Minister Norman Kirk. He had been the fifth deputy prime minister of New Zealand since 8 December 1972. Watt later served as high commissioner to the United Kingdom.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"19 March 1912","date":"1912-03-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4476255#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Perth","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3183"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4476255#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"4 February 1980","date":"1980-02-04"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4476255#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Auckland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37100"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4476255#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/Q4476255#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4476255#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/Q4476255#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Auckland University of Technology","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q758659"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4476255#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Prime Minister of New Zealand (1 September 1974 – 6 September 1974)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071117","start":"1974-09-01","end":"1974-09-06"},{"text":"Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (8 December 1972 – 1 September 1974)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5261068","start":"1972-12-08","end":"1974-09-01"},{"text":"Member of the New Zealand Parliament","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18145518"},{"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/Q4476255#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Watt","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4476255"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Hugh Watt born?","a":"Hugh Watt was born on 19 March 1912 in Perth."},{"q":"What positions has Hugh Watt held?","a":"Positions held by Hugh Watt include: Prime Minister of New Zealand (1974–1974); Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (1972–1974); Member of the New Zealand Parliament; Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom."},{"q":"Where did Hugh Watt study?","a":"Hugh Watt was educated at Auckland University of Technology."}],"related":[{"name":"John Hall","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-hall"},{"name":"David Lange","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-lange"},{"name":"William Hall-Jones","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-hall-jones"},{"name":"Mike Moore","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mike-moore"},{"name":"Richard Seddon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/richard-seddon"},{"name":"Keith Holyoake","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/keith-holyoake"},{"name":"Robert Muldoon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/robert-muldoon"},{"name":"Geoffrey Palmer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/geoffrey-palmer-q1385100"},{"name":"Bill English","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-english"},{"name":"Helen Clark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/helen-clark"},{"name":"Jack Marshall","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jack-marshall"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/hugh-watt-59986c6559.jpg","width":500,"height":660,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Photographer unidentified","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_Watt,_1951_(1).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Hugh Watt","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Watt","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q4476255","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4476255","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Hugh Watt, 1951 (1).jpg by Photographer unidentified (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_Watt,_1951_(1).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 Hugh Watt, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Hugh Watt, 1951 (1).jpg — Photographer unidentified, Public domain.","cite":"\"Hugh Watt\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/hugh-watt. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T09:02:14Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/hugh-watt","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/hugh-watt","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/hugh-watt?lang=ne"}}