Episode 71: Minister of Health, Hon Simeon Brown
In episode 71of Leaders Getting Coffee our guest is one of New Zealand’s younger government ministers, Simeon Brown.
He was inspired by his grandfather who worked to support the local community and later, his mother who led the local residents association. That led to him taking an early interest in politics, and while still at school he occupied roles as secretary and treasurer alongside his mother and subsequently a seat on the Manurewa Local Board while still at university.
But national politics soon beckoned, and at the age of just 23 he ran the National party campaign for the…
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