Lawrence Xu-Nan
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| 南西 | |
Xu-Nan in 2023
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Green party list | |
| Assumed office 6 March 2024 (2024-03-06) | |
| Preceded by | Efeso Collins[n 1] |
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| Born | Tianjin, China |
| Political party | Green |
| Profession | Egyptologist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Thesis | Defining the Inaros tradition: an interdisciplinary approach (2017) |
| Doctoral advisor | Anthony Spalinger |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Ancient history |
| Sub-discipline | Egyptology |
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Lawrence Xi Xu-Nan (Chinese: 南西; pinyin: Nán Xī)[1] is a New Zealand politician who has been a Green Party list MP since 6 March 2024.
Xu-Nan was born in Tianjin; as of 2023, he has lived in New Zealand for 25 years.[2] He has a doctorate in egyptology from the University of Auckland and is currently studying law.[2][3][4][5]
| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
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| 2024–present | 54th | List | 16 | Green | |
Xu-Nan joined the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. He was the party's male policy co-convenor from 2020 to 2023 and party co-convenor from 2023.
At the 2020 general election, Xu-Nan contested the Pakuranga electorate and was placed 17th on the Green Party list.[6][7] In 2023 Xu-Nan contested the Epsom electorate. He was placed 16th on the Green Party list, but was ranked too low to win a list seat at the election.[8] Following the death of Efeso Collins on 21 February 2024, Xu-Nan was declared elected as a member of Parliament by the Electoral Commission on 6 March.[9][10]
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