Anand Satyanand
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| His Excellency the Hon. Anand Satyanand | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 23 August 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Dame Silvia Cartwright |
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| Born | 22 July, 1944 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Spouse | Susan Satyanand |
Anand "Satch"<ref>Wong, Pansy (2006-04-07). The Governor-General with the big heart. Retrieved on 2006-06-10.</ref> Satyanand, PCNZM (born 22 July 1944 in Auckland) is the Governor-General of New Zealand. He previously worked as a lawyer, judge and ombudsman.
He replaced Dame Silvia Cartwright as the Governor-General of New Zealand on 23 August 2006. The first bill he granted Royal Assent to was the Coroners Bill.[1]
He is the first New Zealand Governor-General of Asian descent and the first not holding a knighthood or damehood. Recent changes have meant that upon assuming the role of Governor-General he will receive the title The Honourable for life [2]. He is also the first Roman Catholic to assume the post of Governor-General. [3]
He was born and raised in Auckland to an Indo-Fijian family, his grandparents having arrived in Fiji from India in 1911. They subsequently married on Nukulau Island. Satyanand's father Mutyala Nand, was born in Sigatoka in 1927, Fiji Television reported on 25 August 2006. His mother Tara, a nurse, was from Suva and married his father, a medical doctor, after moving to New Zealand.
Satyanand attended the University of Auckland where he received a Bachelor of Laws in 1970. He worked as a lawyer for the next 12 years, including a time at the Crown Solicitors Office.
In 1982, he was appointed a district court judge. Then in 1995, he was appointed an ombudsman and served two five-year terms. Between 2005 and his appointment as Governor-General he chaired the Confidential Forum for Former In-Patients of Psychiatric Hospitals.
He is married with three adult children.
[edit] References
- Buckingham Palace press release
- Government House, Wellington biography
- PM welcomes Anand Satyanand as next Governor-General, New Zealand government press release
- 2006 Birthday Honours List at Government House, Wellington
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| Preceded by: Dame Silvia Cartwright | Governor-General of New Zealand 2006- | Succeeded by: ' |
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