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Gordon Noel Parkinson
Gordon
Noel Parkinson
is a retired diplomat of
New Zealand
.
In 1956 he joined
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
,
Wellington
.
In 1957 he was Vice-Consul,
San Francisco
.
From 1960 to 1962 he was
political officer
in the department
Asian
, Defence fields in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade.
From 1962 to
1964
he was
2nd Secretary
in the mission in
Singapore
.
From 1964 to 1968 he had a secondment to the
Ministry of Defence
.
From 1968 to
1971
he had
Exequatur
as Consul-Geneneral en
Bangkok
and was New Zealands charge d' affaires and
Acting
SEATO Council representative.
From 1971 to 1972 he was head of the
division
responsible for Europe, Americas, C'wealth
affairs
in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
and Trade.
From 1972 to
1974
he was head of the
administration
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
From 1974 to 1974 he was minister of the embassy in Paris.
From 1978 to 1980 he was ambassador in
Lima
with acredition in
Bogota
and
La Paz
.
From 1980 to 1982 he was head of
the Middle East
, African Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
In 1982 he was
Visiting Fellow
of the
Victoria University of Wellington
.
From 1983 to 1986 he was ambassador in
Rome
with acredition in
Riyadh
,
Cairo
and
Belgrade
.
From 1986 to 1990 he was ambassador in
Jakarta
.
In 1990 he was director of the Americas Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
