Roy Neil Ferguson, , is the former

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Ambassador to the

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. He was replaced by former

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and

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Mike Moore in 2010. Ferguson replaced John Wood in the role in 2006. He was Director of the Americas Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2002 to 2005, and has served on the Boards of the New Zealand-United States Council, Fulbright New Zealand, the Ian Axford Fellowships, and the New Zealand Centre for Latin American Studies. Ferguson previously served in Washington as Deputy Chief of Mission between 1991 and 1995. From 1999 to 2002 he served as the New Zealand Ambassador to

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and concurrently served as Ambassador to

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from 2001. He has also served in

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and Canberra. Ferguson received an MA in History and Political Science from the University of Canterbury, and was awarded the Canterbury Fellowship and a Fulbright Travel Grant which enabled him to study at the

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, from which he graduated with an MA in International Relations. He attended the six-week Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. After his stint as Ambassador to the United States of America, Ferguson was Director, Intelligence Coordination Group, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Honours

In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Ferguson was appointed a

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, for services to the State.

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