Jerry Mateparae
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.
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]
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Lieutenant General Jerry Mateparae as Chief of Defence Force on 29 May 2009, in Singapore.
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Jerry Mateparae with Prime Minister John Key at the ceremony at which he was sworn in as Governor-General
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Flag of the Governor-General of New Zealand
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Mateparae wearing his medals
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New Zealand Order of Merit ribbon
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Ribbon bar of the Queen's Service Medal
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Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector
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New Zealand Operational Service Medal ribbon
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UN Truce Supervision Organisation Medal ribbon
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New Zealand General Service Medal 1992 Non-Warlike ribbon bar
References
- ↑ "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.