Jerry Mateparae

Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM QSO KStJ
20th Governor-General of New Zealand
In office 31 August 2011 – 31 August 2016
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	John Key
Preceded by	Sir Anand Satyanand
Succeeded by	Dame Patsy Reddy
27th High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom
In office 24 March 2017 – April 2020
Prime Minister	Bill English Jacinda Ardern
Preceded by	Lockwood Smith
Succeeded by	Bede Corry
Personal details
Born	(1954-11-14) 14 November 1954 (age 69) Whanganui, New Zealand
Spouse(s)	Raewynne McGhie ​ ​ (m. 1973; died 1990)​ Janine Grenside
Children	5
Alma mater	Officer Cadet School, Portsea Staff College, Camberley Australian Defence College Royal College of Defence Studies University of Waikato
Military service
Allegiance	New Zealand
Branch/service	New Zealand Army
Years of service	1972–2011
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Chief of Defence Force Chief of Army Land Command 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment New Zealand Special Air Service
Battles/wars	Operation Bel Isi Operation Warden

Lieutenant General Sir Jeremiah Mateparae GNZM QSO KStJ (born 14 November 1954) is a former New Zealand soldier who served as the 20th governor-general of New Zealand between 2011 and 2016, the second Māori person to hold the office, after Sir Paul Reeves.^[1] A former officer in the New Zealand Army, he was the Chief of the Defence Force from 2006 to 2011, and then served as the director of the New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau for five months in 2011.^[2] Following his term as governor-general, Mateparae was the high commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020.