WELLINGTON, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- A swearing-in ceremony was heldWednesday in New Zealand's Government House for Helen Clark's new Cabinet, thus making her the first Labor Party leader in history to successively form a third government.

    In face of the Governor-General of New Zealand Dame Silvia Cartwright, Helen Clark and 25 Labor ministerial MPs, and three ministers from other minor supportive parties were sworn as the ministers of the three-year new government.

    Clark unveiled hours ago the Cabinet members. Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen kept the finance portfolio as expected, but he was also given minister of tertiary education.

    Cabinet's third ranked minister, Jim Anderton, leader of Progressive, took the portfolios of agriculture, biosecurity and fisheries.

    Phil Goff, former foreign affairs minister, became defence minister.

    Minister of foreign affairs, while out of the Cabinet, was given to Winston Peters, leader of New Zealand First.

    United Future leader Peter Dunne was given minister of revenue and associate minister of health outside of the Cabinet.

    Clark said that "the government was renewing and refreshing itself for the third term in government."

    General elections were held on Sept. 17 in New Zealand and the final election result gave Clark's Labor 50 seats in Parliament, enough to form a minority government.

    After hard negotiations for a whole month, Clark finally obtained support at various degree from the Progressive, the United Future, the New Zealand First and the Green Party, and announced Tuesday to form her government.

    Clark said the Commission Opening of Parliament will be on Nov.7 when MPs will be sworn in. Enditem