Category:David Shearer

**David Shearer**
	New Zealand politician
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Date of birth	28 July 1957; Auckland
Country of citizenship	New Zealand;
Educated at	University of Auckland; University of Canterbury (Master of Science, –1986); Papatoetoe High School;
Occupation	politician;
Employer	United Nations;
Member of	51st New Zealand Parliament (Mount Albert, New Zealand Labour Party);
Member of political party	New Zealand Labour Party;
Position held	Member of the New Zealand Parliament; Member of the New Zealand Parliament; Member of the New Zealand Parliament;
Award received	Member of the Order of the British Empire;
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David James Shearer, MBE (born 1957) is New Zealand politician and former humanitarian worker. He spent nearly 20 years providing aid to civilians in some of the world's worst war zones including Somalia, Rwanda, Liberia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Iraq. In 1992 Shearer was named (together with his wife) as New Zealander of the Year by The New Zealand Herald. The following year he was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the British New Years Honours list. In 2009 he won the Mount Albert by-election becoming a Member of the Parliament of New Zealand for the Labour Party. In 2011 he was appointed Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party.