Michael Bassett

1938 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: New Zealand

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Duke University, University of Auckland, Dilworth School

occupation: historian, politician, biographer

position held: Member of the New Zealand Parliament, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Health

Michael Edward Rainton Bassett (born 28 August 1938) is a former Labour Party member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and cabinet minister in the reformist fourth Labour government. He is also a noted New Zealand historian, and has published a number of books on New Zealand politics, including biographies of Prime Ministers Peter Fraser, Gordon Coates and Joseph Ward. Source: Wikipedia (en)