Jacinda is a variant of Hyacintha — from the Greek flower name. **Jacinda Ardern (born 1980)** served as the **40th Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017-2023)** — the **world's youngest female head of government at the time of taking office**. **The second elected world leader to give birth in office** (after Benazir Bhutto). **Her response to the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings — banning military-style semi-automatic weapons within weeks** — became a global model of decisive crisis leadership.
Subject of multiple biographies including *Jacinda Ardern: The Story Behind an Extraordinary Leader* (2019).
Jacinda reduces to nine — the number of New Zealand's youngest PM.