New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern has announced that he will not run for parliamentary elections in October and will step down as prime minister by early February.
He gave birth in 2018 and became the first prime minister in the world to take maternity leave.
At a press conference on the 19th, Prime Minister Ardern said, ``You shouldn't continue your job as prime minister unless you are full of energy.
Ardern, now in her second term, took office at the age of 37 after realizing his change of government as leader of the Labor Party in the 2017 parliamentary elections.
In addition, as a countermeasure against the new corona, he took measures such as waterfront measures and restrictions on going out from an early stage, and during the period of restrictions on going out, he directly answered questions from the public on SNS and gained popularity.
However, recently, the approval rating has been sluggish due to the rising cost of living, etc. According to local media, the approval rating of the Labor Party was 33% in November last year, 5 points lower than the largest opposition party, the National Party, and Prime Minister Ardern as "a person suitable for the prime minister". 's approval rating was also 29%, the lowest since the change of government.