The Right Reverend and Honourable Sir Paul Reeves ONZ GCMG GCVO QSO KStJ | |
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Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology | |
In office 1 February 2005 – 13 August 2011 | |
Succeeded by | John Maasland |
15th Governor-General of New Zealand | |
In office 22 November 1985 – 20 November 1990 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | David Lange (1985–1989) Geoffrey Palmer (1989–1990) Mike Moore (1990) |
Preceded by | Sir David Beattie |
Succeeded by | Dame Catherine Tizard |
Personal details | |
Born | Paul Alfred Reeves 6 December 1932 Wellington, New Zealand |
Died | 14 August 2011 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 78)
Nationality | New Zealand |
Spouse(s) | Beverley Watkins |
Children | 3 |
Profession | Anglican Bishop |
Sir Paul Alfred Reeves (6 December 1932 – 14 August 2011) was a New Zealand politician and archbishop. He was the Archbishop and Primate of New Zealand from 1980 to 1985 and the 15th Governor-General of New Zealand from 22 November 1985 to 20 November 1990.
He was the first Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology.
In July 2011, Reeves announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer.[1] He died of the disease in Auckland, New Zealand, aged 78.[2]
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