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Gerald Hensley
Gerald Christopher Philip Hensley CNZM (4 December 1935 – 10 February 2024) was a New Zealand diplomat and public servant.
Born in Christchurch, Hensley was educated at St Bede's College, Christchurch and Canterbury University College where he took an MA with first-class honours in history.
Hensley joined the Department of External Affairs (now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) in 1958 and served in Samoa, at the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City, and in 1965 was appointed Special Assistant to the Commonwealth Secretary-General when the Commonwealth Secretariat was established in London. He then served as Counsellor at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington. While in Washington, in April 1973, the Black September group painted slogans on the wall of his house and fired several shots through the windows. This was thought to have been the first Islamist-based terrorist attack in the United States. From 1976 until 1980, he was New Zealand's High Commissioner in Singapore.
In 1980, he returned to Wellington to become Head of the Prime Minister's Department, where he served under both Rob Muldoon and David Lange's administrations.
From 1987 to 1989, he was Co-ordinator of Domestic and External Security. He was then invited to become a Fellow at the Centre for International Affairs at Harvard University. While there he lectured on events in New Zealand's recent history.
In 1991, he became Secretary of Defence and served in that role until September 1999 when he retired. In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM), for public services, lately as Secretary of Defence. In 2000 he chaired the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group, which advised the Papua New Guinea Government on the reconstruction of its armed forces.
From 2001 until 2007, he was president of the Asthma Foundation, and from 2011, he was co-chair of the Centenary History Programme commemorating the First World War.
Hensley published numerous articles on Asian and Pacific Affairs, including "Palm and Pine" a history of New Zealand's relations with Singapore, in "New Zealand and South East Asia"; and "A Crisis of Expectations – UN Peacekeeping in the 1990s: A Participants Point of View", edited by Ramesh Thakur and Carlyle A. Thayer.
Gerald Hensley
Gerald Christopher Philip Hensley CNZM (4 December 1935 – 10 February 2024) was a New Zealand diplomat and public servant.
Born in Christchurch, Hensley was educated at St Bede's College, Christchurch and Canterbury University College where he took an MA with first-class honours in history.
Hensley joined the Department of External Affairs (now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) in 1958 and served in Samoa, at the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City, and in 1965 was appointed Special Assistant to the Commonwealth Secretary-General when the Commonwealth Secretariat was established in London. He then served as Counsellor at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington. While in Washington, in April 1973, the Black September group painted slogans on the wall of his house and fired several shots through the windows. This was thought to have been the first Islamist-based terrorist attack in the United States. From 1976 until 1980, he was New Zealand's High Commissioner in Singapore.
In 1980, he returned to Wellington to become Head of the Prime Minister's Department, where he served under both Rob Muldoon and David Lange's administrations.
From 1987 to 1989, he was Co-ordinator of Domestic and External Security. He was then invited to become a Fellow at the Centre for International Affairs at Harvard University. While there he lectured on events in New Zealand's recent history.
In 1991, he became Secretary of Defence and served in that role until September 1999 when he retired. In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM), for public services, lately as Secretary of Defence. In 2000 he chaired the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group, which advised the Papua New Guinea Government on the reconstruction of its armed forces.
From 2001 until 2007, he was president of the Asthma Foundation, and from 2011, he was co-chair of the Centenary History Programme commemorating the First World War.
Hensley published numerous articles on Asian and Pacific Affairs, including "Palm and Pine" a history of New Zealand's relations with Singapore, in "New Zealand and South East Asia"; and "A Crisis of Expectations – UN Peacekeeping in the 1990s: A Participants Point of View", edited by Ramesh Thakur and Carlyle A. Thayer.