Brook Barrington
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Dr. Brook Barrington is the former New Zealand
ambassador
to Thailand
, who is currently the Deputy Secretary for Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Defence in New Zealand
Dr. Barrington was elevated to the post on February 26, 2006 by Minister of Foreign Affairs
Winston Peters
. Dr. Barrington's ambassadorship came on the eve of fifty years of diplomatic relations between the two countries and is seen as a means to advance both strategic and economic partnerships. He lives with his wife Gill Barrington in Wellington and they have three children.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
to Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, who is currently the Deputy Secretary for Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Defence in New Zealand
Dr. Barrington was elevated to the post on February 26, 2006 by Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is a major ministerial portfolio in the government of New Zealand.The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Murray McCully, who was National Party Spokeperson of Foreign Affairs and Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs. There are also Associate Minister roles...
Winston Peters
Winston Peters
Winston Raymond Peters is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a political party he founded in 1993. Peters has had a turbulent political career since entering Parliament in 1978. He served as Minister of Maori Affairs in the Bolger National Party Government before being...
. Dr. Barrington's ambassadorship came on the eve of fifty years of diplomatic relations between the two countries and is seen as a means to advance both strategic and economic partnerships. He lives with his wife Gill Barrington in Wellington and they have three children.