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Brian John Lynch (born 1936) is a former New Zealand public servant, diplomat, and director of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs.


Background

Lynch studied at the
University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury (UC; ; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbur ...
. He was then a secondary teacher for three years.New Zealand Geographic Society, Brian Lynch, 2005


Public service

Lynch joined the New Zealand
Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...
in 1964. He held various positions there until 1982. Lynch was Deputy Secretary of the
Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ...
from 1982 to 1992.


Meat, trade and international affairs

Lynch was the Chief Executive of the Meat Industry Association from 1992 to 2003. "It was for his work in assisting the meat industry to rationalize and adjust to a very different commodity chain in the post-subsidy open market conditions of the 1990s that he was made Officer of the
New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit () is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant (document), royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Monarchy of New Zealand, Queen of New Zealand, "for th ...
in June 2004". Lynch joined the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs as their director that year. He was replaced in 2012 by Peter Kennedy.


Honours

In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, Lynch was appointed an
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit () is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have r ...
, for public services and services to the
meat industry The meat industry are the people and companies engaged in modern industrialized livestock agriculture for the production, packing, preservation and marketing of meat (in contrast to dairy products, wool, etc.). In economics, the meat industry is ...
.


References


External links


New Zealand Institute of International Affairs
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