Michael Powles
New Zealand diplomat
Michael Powles | |
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High Commissioner of New Zealand to Fiji | |
In office 1980–1982 | |
Preceded by | David Keith McDowell |
Succeeded by | Lindsay Watt |
Ambassador of New Zealand to Indonesia | |
In office 1982–1986 | |
Preceded by | Richard Nottage |
Succeeded by | Gordon Parkinson |
Ambassador of New Zealand to China | |
In office 1990–1993 | |
Preceded by | Lindsay Watt |
Succeeded by | Christopher Elder |
Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations in New York | |
In office 1996–2001 | |
Preceded by | Colin Keating |
Succeeded by | Don MacKay |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael John Powles (1939-07-24) 24 July 1939 (age 85) Wellington, New Zealand |
Spouse | Dale Croucher (m. 1964, separated) |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Guy Powles (father) |
Education | Wanganui Collegiate School |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Michael John Powles (born 24 July 1939) is a retired New Zealand diplomat. He served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1996 to 2001 and as President of UNICEF in 1998.
Career
- From 1962 to 1967 he exercised Private legal practice
- In 1967 he joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand), Wellington.
- From 1972 to 1975 he was clerk in the mission in Washington, D.C.
- From 1975 to 1977 he was deputy director of the External Aid department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand).
- From 1977 to 1979 he was head of Australia and Americas department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand).
- From 1980 to 1982 he was High Commissioner in Suva with commission in Tuvalu, Kiribati and Nauru.
- From 1982 to 1986 he was ambassador in Jakarta (Indonesia).
- From 1986 to 1989 he was Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand).
- From 1988 to 1989 he was Co-ord, Political, Security Affairs, department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand).
- From 1990 to 1993 he was ambassador in Beijing.
- From 1996 to 2001 he was Permanent Representative in at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.[1]
References
- ^ Guy Hardy Scholefield, Who's who in New Zealand, 1991, [1]p. 509
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Chairperson and Presidents of UNICEF
- Ludwik Rajchman (1946–50)
- Adelaide Sinclair (1951–52)
- August R. Lindt (1953– 54)
- Balachandra Rajan (1955–56)
- Mahmood Shafqat (1957–58)
- John Ryan (1959)
- Felix Schnyder (1960)
- W. A. E. Green (1961)
- Miguel E. Bustamente (1962–63)
- Zina Harman (1964–66)
- Joseph W. Willard (1966–68)
- İhsan Doğramacı (1968–70)
- Nils Thedin (1970–72)
- Narciso G. Reyes (1972–74)
- Hans Conzett (1974–76)
- Antonio Ordoñez-Plaja (1976–77)
- Ferdinand Oyono (1977–78)
- Sadako Ogata (1978–79)
- Zaki Hasan (1979–80)
- Paal Bog (1980–81)
- Dragan Matelijak (1981–82)
- Hugo Scheltema (1982–83)
- Haydée Martínez de Osorio (1983–84)
- Richard C. Manning (1984–85)
- Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (1985–86)
- Maurizio Bucci (1986–87)
- A.P. Maruping (1987–88)
- Makoto Taniguchi (1988)
- Torild Skard (1988–89)
- Margarita Diéguez (1989–90)
- Lisbeth Palme (1990–91)
- Mira Seth (1991–92)
- Frederick Ward (1992–93)
- Anne Makinda (1993–94)
- Anne Makinda (1994)
- Khalil Makkawi (1995)
- Ion Goriță (1996)
- Mercedes Pulido (1997)
- Michael Powles (1998)
- Ibrahim Gambari (1999)
- Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (2000)
- Movses Abelian (2001)
- Andrés Franco (2002)
- Jenö Staehelin (2003)
- Lebohang K. Moleko (2004)
- Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi (2005)
- Andrei Dapkiunas (2006)
- Javier Loayza (2007)
- Anders Lidén (2008)
- Oumar Daou (2009)
- AK Abdul Momen (2010)
- Sanja Štiglic (2011)
- John W. Ashe (2012)
- Jarmo Viinanen (2013)
- Macharia Kamau (2014)
- Maleeha Lodhi (2015)
- Sven Jürgenson (2016)
- Walton Alfonso Webson (2017)
- Tore Hattrem (2018)
- Omer Dahab Fadl Mohamed (2019)
- Rabab Fatima (2020)
- Rytis Paulauskas (2021)