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Jerry Mateparae

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Governor-General of New Zealand

New Zealand PoliticiansBorn 1954 · age 71

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Also inDeutsch

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Lieutenant General Jerry Mateparae as Chief of Defence Force on 29 May 2009, in Singapore.

Jerry Mateparae with Prime Minister John Key at the ceremony at which he was sworn in as Governor-General

Mateparae wearing his medals

Awards 4

2011Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

2011Companion of the Queen's Service Order

2011honorary doctor of Massey University

1998Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit

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SpouseRaewyn Mateparae

SpouseJanine Mateparae

Connected to Jerry 6

John KeyAlso won Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Silvia CartwrightAlso won Companion of the Queen's Service Order

Kieran ReadAlso won Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Jim BolgerAlso won honorary doctor of Massey University

David FaneAlso won Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Keith HolyoakeAlso won Companion of the Queen's Service Order

About this person

Lieutenant General Sir Jeremiah Mateparae is a New Zealand former army officer who served as the 20th governor-general of New Zealand between 2011 and 2016, the second Māori person to hold the office, after Sir Paul Reeves. A former officer in the New Zealand Army, he was the Chief of the Defence Force from 2006 to 2011, and then served as the director of the New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau for five months in 2011. Following his term as governor-general, Mateparae was the high commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020.

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New Zealand