Geoffrey Palmer (politician)

Sir Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer is a New Zealand lawyer, legal academic, and former politician, who was a member of Parliament from 1979 to 1990. He served as the 33rd prime minister of New Zealand for a little over a year, from August 1989 until September 1990, leading the Fourth Labour Government. As minister of justice from 1984 to 1989, Palmer was responsible for considerable reforms of the country's legal and constitutional framework, such as the creation of the Constitution Act 1986, New Zealand Bill of Rights, Imperial Laws Application Act, and the State Sector Act. He served as president of the New Zealand Law Commission, from 2005 to 2010.

21 April 1942

Born on the same birth day (21 April): Alistair MacLean • Arthur Rowley • Charles Grodin • Freddie Dixon • Joe McCarthy (baseball manager) • John Brumby • John McCabe (composer) • Maurice Wilson • Mike Wingfield • Pat Brown • Slide Hampton • Souleymane Cissé (film director)

Born in the same month (April 1942): Allan Clarke (singer) • Bill Conti • Björn Rosengren (politician) • Carlos Reutemann • Jadwiga Staniszkis • Jon Kyl • Mike Brearley • Richard D. Wolff • Robert Christgau • Sandra Dee