Leslie Munro
Sir Leslie Knox Munro K.CMG (born February 26, 1901 in Auckland , New Zealand , † February 13, 1974 , Hamilton , New Zealand) was a New Zealand politician , diplomat and journalist .
Early life
Leslie Knox Munro was born in Auckland on February 26, 1901, to the schoolteacher Colin Robert Munro and his wife Maria Caroline Knox . He attended the Remuera School in Auckland and the Auckland Grammar School . After graduating from high school, he worked for a few weeks as an office boy in the law firm Jackson, Russell, Tunks and Ostler , where he received a scholarship to study law at the University of Auckland , which he began at the age of 19 and for a year studied there full-time. He then went back to the law firm and studied part-time until 1923, the year he graduated with a Master of Laws .
family
Munro married his wife Christine Mary Priestley on October 12, 1927 , who died three days after the birth of his daughter in August 1929. On November 9, 1931 Munro married his second wife Muriel Olga Sturt in Auckland , with whom he had another daughter.
Professional career
From 1924 to 1938 he taught constitutional and Roman law at Auckland University College and in 1938 was appointed Dean of the Law School of his university. From 1939 to 1951 he had a seat on the board of directors of the university and from 1947 to 1951 a seat in the Senate of the University of New Zealand .
From 1936 to 1938 Munro was President of the Auckland District Law Society and from 1936 to 1939 a member of the New Zealand Law Society Council . During this time he worked fortnightly for the National Broadcasting Service (NBS) as a foreign policy commentator, from 1939 on he wrote weekly articles on events in the world in the Weekly News in Auckland and editorials in the New Zealand Herald , of which he became co-editor in 1941 and was editor of the newspaper from 1942 to 1951.
Political career
In 1936 Munro became a member of the New Zealand National Party , which was newly formed that year , assumed the presidency of the party structure in Remuera , a borough of Auckland, from 1938 to 1941, and was one of the party's leaders from 1940 to 1941, the year he was co-editor of the New Zealand Herald took over and gave up his party offices for it.
When the National Party, led by Sidney Holland, won the parliamentary elections in New Zealand in 1949, Munro took over the post of Ambassador of New Zealand to the United States three years later from February 1952 and at the same time became his country's representative in the United Nations (UN). During this time he was New Zealand representative on the Trusteeship Council from 1952 to 1954 and from June 1953 for a year of the Council, was a representative in the United Nations Security Council ( Security Council ) from 1954 to 1955 and took over from 1957 to 1958 for one year the Presidency of the 12th session of the United Nations General Assembly .
In 1957 the New Zealand Labor Party won the general election and with the change of government, Munro also lost his post as ambassador in late 1957 and as representative of New Zealand to the United Nations in 1958. But the United Nations appointed Munro as the UN's special representative on the Hungarian question , a position he held until 1962. Munro stayed in the United States until 1963, and when he returned to New Zealand he won a seat in Parliament for the Waipa District in 1963 , which he held until 1966, and for Hamilton West in 1969 until his retirement from politics in 1972.
Munro died in Hamilton on February 13, 1974, leaving behind his second wife and two daughters.
Awards
- 1955 - Knight (KCMG) of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
- 1957 - Knight (KCVO) of the Royal Victorian Order
- Honors from several universities in the USA, including Harvard University and the University of Michigan
literature
- Howard E. Sternau : Sir Leslie Munro, diplomat, 72, dies . In: New York Times . New York February 14, 1974, p. 44 (English, online [accessed December 31, 2017]).
Web links
- Derek Round : Munro, Leslie Knox . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , accessed December 31, 2017 .
- Sir Leslie Munro (New Zealand) . United Nations General Assembly,accessed on December 31, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Derek Round : Munro, Leslie Knox . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , accessed December 31, 2017 .
- ^ Sir Leslie Munro (New Zealand) . United Nations General Assembly , accessed on December 31, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Munro, Leslie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Munro, Leslie Knox (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand politician, diplomat and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Auckland , New Zealand |
DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1974 |
Place of death | Hamilton , New Zealand |