Lindsay Watt
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Lindsay Johnstone Watt | |
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Representative of ![]() ![]() | |
In office February 16, 1980 – March 17, 1982 | |
Preceded by | Terence O'Brien (New Zealand diplomat) Brian William Peter Absolum[citation needed] |
Succeeded by | Paul John Alexander Tipping (1944) 15 November 2009: Tia Barrett 6 September 2005: John Bryan (diplomat) July 2011: John Carter (New Zealand politician) |
High Commissioner of ![]() to ![]() | |
In office 1982–1985 | |
Preceded by | Michael Powles |
Succeeded by | Rod Gates |
Ambassador of ![]() to ![]() | |
In office 1985–1990 | |
Preceded by | Tony Small |
Succeeded by | Michael Powles |
Administrator of ![]() | |
In office 1993–2003 | |
Preceded by | Brian William Peter Absolum |
Succeeded by | Neil Walter |
Personal details | |
Born | 1939[citation needed] Christchurch, New Zealand[citation needed] |
Lindsay Johnstone Watt is a retired diplomat of New Zealand.
- Lindsay Johnstone Watt is the son of G. J. Watt, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch.
- He is a M.A. (Hons.).
- From 1948 to 1951 he was a day boy at St. Andrew's College, Christchurch.
- From 1960 to 1963 he was third secretary at the mission of New Zealand to the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.
- In 1969 he was first secretary of the new Zealand embassy in Bangkok.
- In 1976 he was counsellor at the High Commission of New Zealand, London.
- From February 16, 1980 to March 17, 1982 he was the Representative of New Zealand to the Cook Islands.[1]
- From 1982 to 1985 he was High Commissioner in Suva Fiji.[citation needed]
- From 1985 to 1990 he was New Zealand's ambassador in Beijing.
- From 1993 to 2003 he served as Administrator of Tokelau.[2]
References
- ^ Representatives of New Zealand to the Cook Islands
- ^ New Zealand official yearbook, Registrar-General's Office, New Zealand. Census and Statistics Office, New Zealand. Census and Statistics Dept - 1998 p. 75