Joy Kiriau Kere is a diplomat from the
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...
. In 2014 she was appointed the first Solomon Islands
High Commissioner to
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
, becoming the country's first woman to head a foreign mission abroad.
Her term ended in 2020.
Life
Kere was the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade prior to her appointment as High Commissioner.
References
Living people
Solomon Islands diplomats
Solomon Islands women civil servants
High Commissioners of the Solomon Islands
Women ambassadors
Year of birth missing (living people)
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