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Bruce Ferguson (RNZAF officer)

Bruce Ferguson (RNZAF officer)

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Air Marshal Sir Bruce Reid Ferguson, KNZM, OBE, AFC, JP (born 14 July 1949)[1] is a retired Royal New Zealand Air Force officer who served as Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force and Director of the Government Communications Security Bureau.[2][3] He took up the appointment when the previous director, Warren Tucker, was appointed as Director of the Security Intelligence Service on 1 November 2006. Ferguson's term of appointment was for four years, stepping down from the role in 2011.[3] Following his retirement, in July 2012, he was appointed as a Justice of the Peace for New Zealand.[4]

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Previous to this he was the acting director of the New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management,[3] after he retired earlier in 2006 from a distinguished military career which culminated in four years as the New Zealand Chief of Defence Force.[3][5]

Early life and family

Ferguson was born in Napier on 14 July 1949, the son of Phyllis and Arthur Ferguson, and educated at Tauranga Boys' College.[6] In 1974, he married Rosemary Rondel, and the couple went on to have three children.[6]

List of education and training qualifications

List of career highlights and achievements

List of honours and awards

Ferguson's investiture as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Sir Anand Satyanand, in 2009

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    "2002 Defence Brief Legislation - Ministry of Defence NZ". Archived from the original on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
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    "About Us | GCSB". Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
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    , Prime Minister's Press Release – New Director of Government Communications Security Bureau.
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    Justices of the Peace Appointed (12 July 2012) 84 New Zealand Gazette 2285
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    "Newstalk ZB". Archived from the original on 22 May 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
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    Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 139. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
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    "No. 47420". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1977. p. 45.
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    "No. 49769". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 16 June 1984. p. 5.
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    "No. 53697". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 11 June 1994. p. 36.
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    "Queen's Birthday honours list 2006". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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    Special Honours List (12 August 2009) 118 New Zealand Gazette 2691
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    Gibson, Nevil (1 August 2009). "Arise Sir... or Dame... for 70 on honours list". National Business Review. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
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