The Ambassador from New Zealand to Poland is New Zealand's foremost

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in the

Republic of Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in Poland. The embassy is located in Warsaw, Poland's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

in Poland since 2004. The embassy was officially opened in April 2005.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Poland

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in West Germany

Doug Zohrab Balfour Douglas Zohrab (14 July 1917 – 1 June 2008) was a New Zealand diplomat and public servant. Life Zohrab was born in Wellington of a part-Armenians, Armenian family whose paternal ancestor was moved from Armenia to Persia by the Shah i ...

(1973–1975)

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Austria

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(1975–1978) *

Tony Small Francis Anthony Small (28 August 1930 – 24 February 2015) was a New Zealand diplomat. In 1956 Small graduated Bachelor of Laws from Victoria University College. In 1963 he was acting head of the legal division of the Ministry of Foreign Affa ...

(1978–1982) *

Hugo Judd Neville Hugo Sale Judd (27 December 1939 – 2 May 2017) was a New Zealand diplomat and public servant. Early life and family Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on 27 December 1939, Judd was the son of Edwin Judd and Violet Judd (née ...

(1982–1985) * Don Walker (1985–1990) *

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(1990–1992)

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Germany

* Richard Grant (1992–1994) *

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(1994–1998) *

Win Cochrane The Ambassador from New Zealand to Poland is New Zealand's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Poland, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in Poland. The embassy is located in Warsaw, Poland's capital city. New ...

(1998–2003) * Peter Hamilton (2003–2004)

Resident ambassadors

* Philip Griffiths (2004–2008) *

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(2008-2011) *

Wendy Hinton thumb Wendy Hinton has formerly served as New Zealand's ambassador to Turkey. She was also New Zealand's ambassador to Poland and Ukraine from 2013 to 2017, and has served various other roles working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade an ...

(2013-2016) *

Mary Thurston Mary Patricia Thurston is a career diplomat with the country of New Zealand. From 2016 to 2021, she was the ambassador of New Zealand to Poland. Via this office, she was also ambassador to Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine ...

(2016–2021) *

Alana Hudson The Ambassador from New Zealand to Poland is New Zealand's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Poland, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in Poland. The embassy is located in Warsaw, Poland's capital city. New Ze ...

(2021–present)

References

New Zealand Heads of Overseas Missions: Poland
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. * http://www.nzembassy.com/poland New Zealand Embassy in Poland official website {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Ambassadors From New Zealand To Poland * Poland, Ambassadors from New Zealand to Ambassadors