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Following Labour's defeat in that election, Moore served as Leader of the Opposition until the 1993 election, after which Helen Clark successfully challenged him for the Labour Party leadership.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"28 January 1949","date":"1949-01-28"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558647#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Whakatāne","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974074"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558647#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"2 February 2020","date":"2020-02-02"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558647#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of 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