Sir Brian Edward Talboys ; June 7, 1921 , Wanganui , Dominion New Zealand - June 3, 2012 , Invercargill , New Zealand ) - New Zealand statesman, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of New Zealand (1975-1981).
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| Predecessor | Bill rowling | ||||||
| Successor | Warren cooper | ||||||
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| Children | three | ||||||
| The consignment | New Zealand National Party | ||||||
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| Awards | [d] ( January 26, 1982 ) | ||||||
Biography
He studied at the University of Manitoba, then - at the University of Victoria in Wellington, received a bachelor of arts. He worked in a private transport company, was an assistant editor of a newspaper for farmers. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Air Force of New Zealand, after which he worked as a farmer in Southland.
His political career began in 1957 when he was elected a member of the House of Representatives from the National Party . He was re-elected as a deputy until his departure from politics in 1981. In 1961, he and 10 other party members supported the proposal initiated by the Liberal Party to abolish the death penalty for murder.
- 1962-1969 - Minister of Agriculture
- 1964-1972 - Minister of education,
- 1972 - Minister of Industry and Trade,
- 1974-1980 - Deputy Chairman of the National Party,
- 1975-1980 - Deputy Prime Minister, 1975-1981 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand,
- 1980 - some cabinet members made an unsuccessful attempt to remove Prime Minister Robert Muldoon from his post, replacing him with Talboys, called the “Colonels' Coup”. This demarche cost the politics of vice premier.
After his retirement in 1981, he was elected the first chairman of the Pacific Democratic Union. Cavalier of the Order of Australia (1982) and the British Order of the Baths (1991).
Notes
- ↑ Sir Brian Talboys, Former NZ Deputy PM Dies - Stuff.co.nz .