Don McKinnon
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The Right Honourable Sir Donald McKinnon ONZ GCVO |
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| 4th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations | |
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In office 1 April 2000 – 1 April 2008 |
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| Head | Elizabeth II |
| Chair |
Thabo Mbeki (South Africa) John Howard (Australia) Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria) Lawrence Gonzi (Malta) Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) |
| Preceded by | Emeka Anyaoku |
| Succeeded by | Kamalesh Sharma |
| 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
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In office 2 November 1990 – 16 December 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Jim Bolger |
| Preceded by | Helen Clark |
| Succeeded by | Winston Peters |
| 24th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 2 November 1990 – 5 December 1999 |
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| Prime Minister |
Jim Bolger (1990–1997) Jenny Shipley (1997–1999) |
| Preceded by | Mike Moore |
| Succeeded by | Phil Goff |
| Member of Parliament for Albany | |
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In office 1978–1993 |
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| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Murray McCully |
| Personal details | |
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27 February 1939 London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | National |
| Spouse(s) | Clare de Lore |
Sir Donald Charles "Don" McKinnon ONZ GCVO (born 27 February 1939) is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand. He was the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2000 until 2008.
McKinnon was born in Blackheath, London. His father was Major-General Walter McKinnon, CB CBE, a New Zealand Chief of the General Staff, and once Chairman of New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. McKinnon's brothers include the twins John McKinnon, the current New Zealand Secretary of Defence and a former Ambassador to China, and Malcolm McKinnon, an editor and academic, and Ian McKinnon, Pro-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington, School Headmaster of Scots College and former Deputy Mayor of Wellington City. The McKinnon brothers are great-great-grandsons of John Plimmer, known as the "father of Wellington".
McKinnon was educated at Nelson College from 1952 to 1953, and in Washington, D.C. before eventually undertaking study at Lincoln Agricultural College, New Zealand. After leaving university, he became a farm manager, and later a farm management consultant. In 1974, he became a real estate agent. In his spare time, he also worked as a rehabilitation tutor in prisons.
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