Russell Marshall
Cedric Russell Marshall , CNZM (born February 15, 1936 in Nelson ) is a New Zealand politician and diplomat .
biography
After attending school, Marschall initially studied to become a teacher and then worked as a teacher from 1955 to 1956 . He later worked as a preacher in a Methodist church from 1960 to 1972 and briefly again as a teacher in 1972.
He began his political career in 1972 when he was a candidate for the New Zealand Labor Party for the first time as a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives . In this he represented the constituency of Wanganui after his re-elections in 1975, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 1987 to 1990 .
After the Labor Party's electoral victory, Prime Minister David Lange appointed him Minister of Education and Minister for the Environment in July 1984.
As part of a government reshuffle, he was appointed Foreign Minister of New Zealand by Lange on August 24, 1987 and held this office under Lange's successor Geoffrey Palmer until February 9, 1990. At the same time, he was also Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control between 1987 and 1989 (Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control) and from 1988 to 1990 Minister for Pacific Affairs (Minister of Pacific Affairs Iceland).
After leaving parliament and the government, he was chairman of the UNESCO Commission in New Zealand from 1990 to 1999 and at the same time a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO between 1995 and 1999. He was then permanent representative at UNESCO in Paris from 1998 and 2002 .
Most recently, Marshall was High Commissioner in the United Kingdom from 2002 to 2005 .
Upon his return to New Zealand he became in 2005 Chairman of the Commission for the tertiary education (Tertiary Education Commission). Since July 2007 Russell Marshall president of the Institute for International Affairs (New Zealand Institute of International Affairs).
For his services, he was named Commander of the New Zealand Order of Merit .
literature
- Cedric Russell Marshall , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 27/1988 of June 27, 1988, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marshall, Russell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marshall, Cedric Russell (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nelson |