Envoys from Hungary, Estonia,
Afghanistan and the Ukraine present
credentials
Ambassadors from Hungary, Estonia, Afghanistan
and Ukraine present credentials to Governor-General Anand
Satyanand at Government House tomorrow (Wednesday 5
December) at 11am.
Gábor Csaba is the Ambassador of the
Republic of Hungary. Mr Csaba has previously been posted to
Washington and before taking up his current posting was the
Deputy Director-General of the department for the Americas
within the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
Budapest. Mr Csaba is resident in Canberra.
Peeter
Miller is the first Estonian Ambassador to New Zealand. He
is based in Tokyo from were he is accredited to New Zealand.
Before taking up his current posting as Ambassador in Tokyo,
he worked in the office of Estonia’s President. Mr Miller
has also served in Moscow.
Afghanistan’s new Ambassador
accredited to New Zealand is Amanullah Jayhoon. Mr Jayhoon
has previously served in Malaysia, Germany, Austria and
Turkey. From 2005 until early 2007 Mr Jayhoon headed the
Asia/ Pacific section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
Afghanistan. He took up his appointment as Ambassador of
Afghanistan to Australia in May 2007 and will be cross
accredited to New Zealand from Canberra.
The first
Ambassador of Ukraine to New Zealand is Valentyn Adomaytis.
Mr Adomaitis took up his posting as Ambassador to Australia
in March 2007 and will be cross accredited to New Zealand
from Canberra. Before his current appointment, Mr Adomaytis
served as Ambassador of Ukraine to India.
The New Zealand
Army will provide the Guard of Honour and the Maori
Ceremonial
Challenge.
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