Greg Urwin
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Greg Urwin PSM CSI |
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| Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum | |
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In office 16 May 2004 – 2 May 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Noel Levi |
| Succeeded by | Feleti Teo |
| Personal details | |
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21 August 1946 Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia 
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| Died | 9 August 2008 (aged 61) Apia, Samoa 
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| Spouse(s) | Penny Clark |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Gregory Lawrence Urwin PSM CSI (21 August 1946 – 9 August 2008) was an Australian career diplomat and top Pacific specialist. Urwin held the post of Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, an important inter-governmental regional organisation from 2004 until 2 May 2008. Urwin had been the longest serving Australian diplomat in the Pacific at the time of his death in 2008. Urwin was also the first non-Pacific Islander to become Secretary General of the Pacific Island Forum.
During his tenure as a diplomat and Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Urwin was considered to be instrumental in the rebuilding of failed states and promotion of political stability in the region - especially with the RAMSI mission in the Solomon Islands.
Greg Urwin was born on 21 August 1946, in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, to parents Frank and Verna Urwin. The family relocated to the Wollongong area and then to Oak Flats when Urwin was ten years old. Urwin initially attended elementary school at Fairy Meadow Public School. Urwin then attended Wollongong High School where he became school captain.
Urwin completed undergraduate studies in history with honours at the University of Sydney where he was also senior student at Wesley College.
Urwin entered the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, or DFAT, in 1971 following his graduation from the University of Sydney. His first diplomatic posting for DFAT was 1971–1974 to the Australian embassy in Ottawa, the capital of Canada.
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