Denis McLean

Denis McLean, CMG (18 August 1930 – 30 March 2011) was a New Zealand diplomat, academic, author and civil servant.

He began with the Department of External Affairs in 1957 after completing his Rhodes Scholarship at University College, Oxford. He was posted to Washington DC, Paris, Kuala Lumpur and London, where he was deputy high commissioner from 1972-77. He was Secretary of Defence from 1979 to 1988 and Ambassador to the United States from 1991 to 1994.

After his retirement from government service in 1995, Mr. McLean served as the Joan and James Warburg Chair of International Relations at Simmons College in Boston. Mr McLean's distinguished career as a public servant, writer, historian and commentator on international relations also led him to be a Guest/Visiting Scholor at the Strategic & Defense Studies Centre, the Australian National University in Canberra, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the U.S. Institute of Peace.

He wrote three books: The Long Pathway, Te Araroa, based on walking the North Island with his family, Prickly Pair, on Australian-NZ relations, and Howard Kippenberger: Dauntless Spirit, a biography of military commander Sir Howard Kippenberger. He also served on the Press Council.

McLean died on 30 March 2011 at his home in Wellington.^[1]

References

1. ^ Schouten, Hank (31 March 2011). "Our former man in Washington, Denis McLean, dies". The Dominion Post. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4829530/Our-former-man-in-Washington-Denis-McLean-dies. Retrieved 28 September 2011. 

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Name	McLean, Denis
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand diplomat, academic, author, and civil servant
Date of birth	18 August 1930
Place of birth	Napier, New Zealand
Date of death	30 March 2011
Place of death	Wellington, New Zealand