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Jerry Mateparae

1954 - Today

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Lieutenant General Sir Jeremiah Mateparae (born 14 November 1954) is a former New Zealand soldier 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Mateparae is the 17,938th most popular politician (down from 17,259th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 114th in 2019) and the 29th most popular New Zealander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jerry Mateparae ranks 17,938 out of 19,576. Before him are Adam Delimkhanov, Andrei Arlovski, Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Bob Graham, Daniel Martínez, and Caleb Strong. After him are Donna Shalala, Radmila Šekerinska, David Ige, Nicholas Brathwaite, Gabriela Firea, and Bernadette Devlin McAliskey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Jerry Mateparae ranks 657. Before him are Mohamed Kedir, Blanka Paulů, Novella Calligaris, Willy Telavi, Geoffrey Marcy, and Eberhard Rösch. After him are Rodney Brooks, Craig Wasson, Guillermo Mendizábal, Felice Mariani, Paul McNamee, and Benny Kohlberg.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Jerry Mateparae ranks 138 out of 303. Before him are Peter Arnett (1934), Winston Peters (1945), Dakota Kai (1988), Callan Mulvey (1975), Ricki Herbert (1961), and Chris Hipkins (1978). After him are Michael Hardie Boys (1931), Chris Rankin (1983), Tony Shelly (1937), Grant Bramwell (1961), Richard Pearse (1877), and Chris Harris (null).

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Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Jerry Mateparae ranks 29. Before him are Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (1900), Anand Satyanand (1944), Jim Bolger (1935), Keith Holyoake (1904), Winston Peters (1945), and Chris Hipkins (1978). After him are Michael Hardie Boys (1931), Whina Cooper (1895), Georgina Beyer (1957), Norman Kirk (1923), Ian Ferguson (1953), and Nanaia Mahuta (1970).

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