Jerry Mateparae
Governor-General of New Zealand
Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM, QSO (born 14 November 1954) is the former Governor-General of New Zealand. He was born in Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui on the North Island. He enlisted in the New Zealand Army in 1974 as a private. He became an officer after graduating from the Officer Cadet School, Portsea in Australia. He was eventually promoted to lieutenant general in 2006.
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He was Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force from 2006 to 2011. From 2011 until 2016 he was governor-general of New Zealand.[1] Since 2017, he has been High Commissioner from New Zealand to the United Kingdom.[2]
References
change- ↑ "New governor-general sworn in". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ↑ "Sir Jerry Mateparae to become next High Commissioner to the UK". Stuff. 2016-12-16. Retrieved 2021-11-11.