Tim Groser
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The Honourable Tim Groser |
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| Minister of Trade | |
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In office 19 November 2008 – 14 December 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Phil Goff |
| Succeeded by | Todd McClay |
| Minister for Climate Change Issues | |
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In office 27 January 2010 – 14 December 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Succeeded by | Paula Bennett |
| Minister of Conservation | |
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In office 19 November 2008 – 27 January 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Steve Chadwick |
| Succeeded by | Kate Wilkinson |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National Party List |
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In office 17 September 2005 – 19 December 2015 |
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| Succeeded by | Maureen Pugh |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 March 1950 Perth, Scotland |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | National |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Religion | Islam |
Timothy (Tim) John Groser (born 6 March 1950) is a New Zealand politician and diplomat. A member of the New Zealand National Party, Groser was a Member of Parliament between 2005 and 2015, and a cabinet minister between 2008 and 2015. He resigned from Parliament on 19 December 2015 to take up the role of New Zealand's ambassador to the United States of America.
He was born in Perth, Scotland and came to New Zealand with his parents in 1958. After completing his education at Victoria University of Wellington he served as a policy adviser in a number of key departments including Treasury, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Prime Minister's Advisory Group under Robert Muldoon.
In the 1980s he was appointed New Zealand's chief agricultural negotiator in the GATT Uruguay round before being promoted to Chief Negotiator midway through negotiations. He subsequently became New Zealand's ambassador to Indonesia from 1994 to 1997.
Since then Groser has served as New Zealand's Ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and as the WTO's chairman of agricultural negotiations. He was heavily involved in the Doha round of discussions.
In 2005 Groser opted to leave the civil service and run for Parliament. He was selected to stand as a list-only candidate for the National Party in the 2005 elections. He was placed 13th on the list and as a result was comfortably elected.
After the 2008 election he was given a Cabinet position with the Conservation and Trade portfolios.
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