John key was born on the 9th of august 1961. John key has been in 2004 he was appointed Finance
Spokesman for National and eventually succeeded Don Brash as the National Party leader in 2006.
He attended Aorangi School, then Burnside High School, and earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree
in accounting from the University of Canterbury in 1981.
He has attended management studies courses at Harvard University. Key's first job was in 1982, as an auditor at McCulloch Menzies, and he then moved to be a project manager at Christchurch-based clothing manufacturer Lane Walker Rudkin for two years.
Auckland's population growth, as evidenced in the 2001 census, led to the creation of a new electorate called Helensville, which covered the north-western corner of the Auckland urban area. Key beat long-serving MP Brian Neeson (whose own Waitakere seat had moved on paper to being a Labour seat by the boundary changes) for the selection.
Key became Prime Minister following the general election on 8 November 2008 which signalled an end to the Labour-led government of nine years under Helen Clark. Key portrays himself as more centrist than his predecessor, Don Brash. However he also notes the differences are more of style and focus rather than view.
