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Kennedy Graham
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Date:
24 May 2013
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Parliament Office
Private Bag 18888
Parliament Buildings

Wellington 6160
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Dr Kennedy Graham

List member, Green Party

Current parliamentary roles

  • Deputy-Chairperson, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
  • Member, Privileges Committee
  • Spokesperson, Climate Change
  • Spokesperson, Constitutional Issues
  • Spokesperson, Defence
  • Spokesperson, Disarmament
  • Spokesperson, Global Affairs
  • Spokesperson, Trade and Foreign Investment

Former parliamentary roles

  • Member, Justice and Electoral Committee 9 December 2008-20 October 2011
  • Member, Officers of Parliament Committee 4 March 2009-20 October 2011
  • Musterer 30 March 2009-8 March 2011
  • Member, Business Committee 31 March 2009-20 October 2011
  • Member, Standing Orders Committee 7 July 2009-20 October 2011
  • Spokesperson, Climate Change (International) 2 November 2009-14 December 2011
  • Spokesperson, Justice 2 November 2009-14 December 2011
  • Spokesperson, Offical Development Assistance 2 November 2009-14 December 2011
  • Spokesperson, Security and Intelligence Services 2 November 2009-14 December 2011
  • Associate Spokesperson, Energy 2 November 2009-14 December 2011
  • Associate Spokesperson, Foreign Affairs 2 November 2009-14 December 2011
  • Associate Spokesperson, Sustainability 2 November 2009-14 December 2011
  • Musterer 3 May 2011-16 December 2011

Education/qualifications

  • BCom, Accounting, University of Auckland
  • MA, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston
  • PhD, Victoria University of Wellington

Career

  • New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Wellington, Ottawa, Bangkok, Geneva) 1972-1988
  • Secretary-General, Parliamentarians for Global Action 1989-1994
  • Quarter-centenary Fellow, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, 1995
  • International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Stockholm 1996-1998
  • Director, United Nations University Leadership Academy, Jordan 1999-2002
  • Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University 2002-2007
  • Senior Consultant, United Nations Department of Political Affairs, New York 2004-2006
  • Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges 2005-2007
  • Senior Adjunct Fellow, School of Law, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 2006-2009

Community activities

Former Chairman, New Zealand Institute for International Affairs, Christchurch branch

Leisure activities

Reading, music, walking, cycling, swimming, yoga