1942- . New Zealand Labour Party prime
minister 1983-89. Lange, a barrister, was
elected to the House of Representatives in
1977. Labour had a decisive win in the 1984
general election on a non-nuclear military
policy, which Lange immediately put into
effect, despite criticism from the USA. He
introduced a free-market economic policy and
was re-elected 1987. He resigned Aug 1989
over a disagreement with his finance
minister.