Tony Fautua

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Tony Fautua, ambassador from 2011 to 2014

Fata Tony Fautua (* in Auckland , New Zealand ) is a New Zealand diplomat. He was the first New Zealand diplomat of Samoan descent to hold the post of ambassador.

Career

Fautua grew up in the Auckland district of Otahuhu . He received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Commerce (Hons) from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand .

Fautua has worked for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1994. Among other things, he was entrusted with the peace process in Bougainville ( Papua New Guinea ) and represented New Zealand at the Asia-Pacific Economic Community (APEC) as Deputy Senior Official. He has also served at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington, DC, and New Zealand's diplomatic missions in Bougainville (as special envoy), Niue (as deputy high commissioner ) and New York (as first secretary of the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the United Nations ).

In 2011 Fautua was appointed Ambassador of New Zealand to East Timor by Foreign Secretary Murray McCully . He held the office until 2014. During Fautua's term of office, the last UN mission in East Timor will end. New Zealand soldiers were also involved in UNMIT . After that, Fautua was New Zealand's High Commissioner in Papua New Guinea from April 2014 to 2017.

Others

Fautua is the son of Alofivae (from Lanu , Savaiʻi ) and Litia (from Afega , Upolu ). Fautua inherited the chief title Fata from his mother's family . Tony Fautua has a son with his wife Ina.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Samoans in Auckland: New Zealand's Ambassador to volatile East Timor is Fata Tony Fautua. , accessed on May 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c New Zealand Foreign Ministry: Tony Fautua - New Zealand's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea ( Memento of April 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Pacific Scoop: New PNG High Commissioner announced April 2, 2014 , accessed May 13, 2019.
  4. ↑ Terra Daily: Cyclone Heta heads for Niue after pounding Samoa , January 6, 2004 , accessed May 13, 2019.
  5. ↑ STATEMENT BY TONY FAUTUA FIRST SECRETARY PERMANENT MISSION OF NEW ZEALAND TO THE UNITED NATION , September 10, 2007 , accessed on May 13, 2019.
  6. ↑ RNZ: PNG welcomes new NZ High Commissioner , May 5, 2017 , accessed May 13, 2019.
predecessor Office successor
Tim McIvor New Zealand Ambassador to East Timor
2011–2014 		Jonathan Douglas Schwass
? New Zealand High Commissioner in Papua New Guinea
2014-2017 		Sue Mackwell
personal data
SURNAME Fautua, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fautua, Fata Tony (name including title)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century