Shane Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Shane Jones

New Zealand politician

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1959

Place of Birth: Awanui, Northland Region, New Zealand

Profession: politician

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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Shane Geoffrey Jones (born 3 September 1959) is a New Zealand politician.
He has served as a New Zealand First list MP since 2017.
Jones was previously a Labour MP from 2005 to 2014. Jones was a cabinet minister in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand.
He contested the leadership of the Labour Party in a 2013 leadership election but lost to rival David Cunliffe.
He left parliament at the end of May 2014.Jones was the New Zealand First candidate for Whangarei in the 2017 general election; he was ranked eighth on the New Zealand First party list and returned to parliament following the election on 23 September 2017.
In October 2017, Jones was appointed as a minister in the New Zealand First–Labour coalition government, holding the portfolios of Infrastructure, Forestry and Regional Economic Development.