Mike Moore
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Michael Kenneth Moore ONZ
(known as Mike Moore, born 28 January 1949) is a politician from New Zealand who has served both as Prime Minister of New Zealand
and Director-General of the World Trade Organization
. He is the current New Zealand Ambassador to the United States.
and educated at the Bay of Islands College and Dilworth School
. After leaving school he first worked as a labourer and then a printer. He became an active trade unionist and at the age of 17 was elected to the Auckland Trades Council. He became the first youth representative on the Labour Party executive and was Vice-president of the International Union of Socialist Youth for two consecutive terms.
in 1972, becoming the youngest Member of Parliament ever elected. In 1978 he moved to Christchurch and was elected MP for the north Christchurch electorate, then known as Papanui
. He held the seat until 1999: as Papanui until 1984, as Christchurch North
until 1996, and as Waimakariri
thereafter.
As a government minister he has held numerous portfolios, becoming best known in his role as Overseas Trade Minister with involvement in the GATT negotiations. In 1987 he also became Minister of External Relations and in 1988 Deputy Minister of Finance. In 1990 he became leader of the Labour Party and consequently Prime Minister for a few months, convincing the Labour caucus that, while he could not win the election for Labour, he would help save more seats than staying with the incumbent, Geoffrey Palmer
. The Labour government was not returned to power in the next general election. He led the Official Opposition until 1993 and was spokesman on Foreign Affairs and Trade until 1999. He strongly considered forming a break-away party, the New Zealand Democratic Coalition
, for the 1996 MMP election but then decided against it.
In 1998, he ran for the post of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation and was elected to this position on 22 July 1999. He took up the post on 1 September 1999. The deal with his rival and successor Supachai Panitchpakdi
meant that he served only half of the usual six year term in the post.
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Order of New Zealand
The Order of New Zealand is the highest honour in New Zealand's honours system, created "to recognise outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity"...
(known as Mike Moore, born 28 January 1949) is a politician from New Zealand who has served both as Prime Minister of New Zealand
Prime Minister of New Zealand
The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the Parliament of New Zealand...
and Director-General of the World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
. He is the current New Zealand Ambassador to the United States.
Early life
Moore was born in Whakatane, New Zealand in 1949. He was raised in KawakawaKawakawa, New Zealand
Kawakawa is a small town in the Northland Region of northern New Zealand. It had a population of 1347 at the 2006 census, down from 1401 in 2001. Kawakawa developed as a service town when coal was found in the area in 1861, but there is no longer coal mining here...
and educated at the Bay of Islands College and Dilworth School
Dilworth School
Dilworth School is an independent full boarding school for boys in Auckland, New Zealand. All the boys attending are on full scholarships covering all education and boarding costs, as the school is owned and operated by a charitable trust....
. After leaving school he first worked as a labourer and then a printer. He became an active trade unionist and at the age of 17 was elected to the Auckland Trades Council. He became the first youth representative on the Labour Party executive and was Vice-president of the International Union of Socialist Youth for two consecutive terms.
Member of Parliament
Moore began his parliamentary career when elected as the MP for EdenEden (New Zealand electorate)
Eden is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, in the city of Auckland.-Population Centres:The electorate is urban, and comprises a number of inner-city suburbs in the central-south part of Auckland.-History:...
in 1972, becoming the youngest Member of Parliament ever elected. In 1978 he moved to Christchurch and was elected MP for the north Christchurch electorate, then known as Papanui
Papanui (New Zealand electorate)
Papanui is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.The electorate is in the northern suburbs of the city of Christchurch, South Island.-History:The electorate was created in 1969, and was replaced in 1984 by the Christchurch North electorate....
. He held the seat until 1999: as Papanui until 1984, as Christchurch North
Christchurch North (New Zealand electorate)
Christchurch North is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.The electorate was in the northern suburbs of Christchurch, New Zealand.-History:The electorate existed three times:*1881 to 1890;*1905 to 1946;...
until 1996, and as Waimakariri
Waimakariri (New Zealand electorate)
Waimakariri is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, formed in 1996 and returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Waimakariri is Clayton Cosgrove of the Labour Party. He has held this position since the 1999 election...
thereafter.
As a government minister he has held numerous portfolios, becoming best known in his role as Overseas Trade Minister with involvement in the GATT negotiations. In 1987 he also became Minister of External Relations and in 1988 Deputy Minister of Finance. In 1990 he became leader of the Labour Party and consequently Prime Minister for a few months, convincing the Labour caucus that, while he could not win the election for Labour, he would help save more seats than staying with the incumbent, Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer
Sir Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer, KCMG, AC, SC , served as the 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand from August 1989 until September 1990, leading the Fourth Labour Government...
. The Labour government was not returned to power in the next general election. He led the Official Opposition until 1993 and was spokesman on Foreign Affairs and Trade until 1999. He strongly considered forming a break-away party, the New Zealand Democratic Coalition
New Zealand Democratic Coalition
The New Zealand Democratic Coalition was a proposed moderate political party intended to contest the 1996 General Election. It would have been led by former Prime Minister Mike Moore and was intended to capture the balance of power on election night...
, for the 1996 MMP election but then decided against it.
In 1998, he ran for the post of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation and was elected to this position on 22 July 1999. He took up the post on 1 September 1999. The deal with his rival and successor Supachai Panitchpakdi
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Supachai Panitchpakdi is the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development . Prior to this, he was the Director-General of the World Trade Organization from September 1, 2002 to September 1, 2005...
meant that he served only half of the usual six year term in the post.
Political positions held
- Opposition (NZ Labour Party) Spokesman, Foreign Affairs 1993–1999
- Leader, Parliamentary NZ Labour Party 1990–1993
- Prime Minister of New Zealand 1990
- Minister of Overseas Trade and Marketing 1984–90
- Minister of Tourism, Sport and Recreation 1984–87
- Chairman, Cabinet Committee, Economic Development and Employment 1984–90
- Minister for the America’s Cup 1988–90
- Minister of External Relations and Trade 1988–90
- Deputy Minister of Finance 1988–90
- Member of Parliament, Waimakariri (formerly Papanui and Christchurch North) 1978 – 1999
- Member of Parliament, Eden 1972 – 1975.
World Trade Organization
Mike Moore was the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation from 1999 to 2002, his term coincided with momentous changes in the global economy and multilateral trading system. He is widely credited with restoring confidence in the system following the setback of the 3rd WTO Ministerial Conference held in Seattle in 1999. Ministers at the 4th WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar respect him as the driving force behind the decision to launch a new round of multilateral trade negotiations. That meeting in 2001 also saw the successful accession to the WTO of China and Chinese Taipei, which along with Estonia, Jordan, Georgia, Albania, Oman, Croatia, Lithuania and Moldova joined during Mr Moore's term bringing in the majority of the world's population within the rules-based trading system. He gave particular attention to helping poor countries participate effectively in the multilateral trading system.Later life
In January 2010 it was announced the Moore would become the next New Zealand Ambassador to the United States.International services and appointments
- Commissioner, UN Commission of Legal Empowerment of the Poor.
- Commissioner, Global Commission on International Migration.
- Director General of the World Trade Organisation 1999–2002.
- Founding member, Global Leadership Foundation.
- Senior Counsellor, Fonterra.
- Member, Trilateral Commission.
- Member, Economic Development Board, South Australia.
- Special Advisor, China Institute for Reform and Development’s World Trade Organisation Reference Centre.
- New Zealand Government Trade Envoy.
- Special Advisor to the UN Global Compact for Business and Development.
- Former Board Member to the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute.
- Member, Board of Governors for the Institute for International Business, Economics and Law, University of Adelaide.
- Adjunct Professor, La Trobe UniversityLa Trobe UniversityLa Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are...
, Melbourne Australia and University of AdelaideUniversity of AdelaideThe University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
, South Australia. - Chairperson, Advisory Board of Carnegie Mellon University, Adelaide.
- Honorary Professor, Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing Normal UniversityBeijing Normal University , colloqiually known as 北师大 or Beishida, is a public research university located in Beijing with strong emphasis on basic disciplines of humanities and sciences...
, Zhuhai. - Honorary Professor, Chinese University for Political Science and International Law, Beijing.
- Honorary Professor, Shanghai Customs College.
- Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy, University of BirminghamUniversity of BirminghamThe University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
, 2003. - Member, Competition Council, South Australia.
- Honorary President, Beijing Afforestation Foundation.
- Member, Global Leadership FoundationGlobal Leadership FoundationThe Global Leadership Foundation is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation founded in 2004 by former State President of South Africa and Nobel Prize laureate F.W. de Klerk....
Author
Mike Moore is an author of a number of books, on subjects ranging from politics to the Pacific. His most recent book on globalisation, 'A World Without Walls', has also been published in Chinese and Turkish. He has a regular newspaper column that appears in five countries.Publications
- 'Saving Globalization' (Wiley, 2009)
- 'A World Without Walls' (Cambridge University Press, 2003, also published in Chinese and Turkish)
- 'On Balance'
- 'Beyond Today'
- 'A Pacific Parliament'
- 'The Added Value Economy'
- 'Hard Labour'
- 'Fighting for New Zealand'
- 'Children of the Poor'
- 'A Brief History of the Future'
Honours and awards
- The Order of New Zealand – New Zealand's highest honour
- Commemoration Medal 1990 – New Zealand
- Honorary Doctorate of Commerce – Lincoln University, New Zealand
- Honorary Doctorate in Economics – People's University of China (Beijing)
- Honorary Doctorate in Commerce – Auckland University of TechnologyAuckland University of TechnologyThe Auckland University of Technology is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district...
, Auckland, New Zealand - Honorary Doctorate, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Honorary Doctorate in Law, La Trobe University, Australia
- Commander of the Order of the Equatorial Star – Government of Gabon
- Chancellor’s Medal (Medalla Rectoral) – University of Chile
- National Order of Côte d'Ivoire and also the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya – Government of Kenya
- Order of Duke Branimir with Ribbon – Republic of Croatia
- National Honour of Georgia – Government of Georgia
- The Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay – Government of Uruguay – highest national honour
- Pope John Paul II Annual Medal – The Holy SeeHoly SeeThe Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
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External links
- A Talk With Mike Moore podcastPodcastA podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
interview from La Trobe UniversityLa Trobe UniversityLa Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are... - Photo of the Fish and Chip Brigade in 1980 in Douglas’ office; Bassett, Douglas, Lange and Moore
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