Mary Thurston

Mary Patricia Thurston is a career diplomat with the country of New Zealand.[1][2] As of 2017 she is New Zealand's Ambassador to Poland, Ukraine,[3] Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Georgia.[4]

Thurston attended Oxford University where she studied English and French for a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree. She speaks French, Spanish and Solomon Islands Pijin.[4]

Thurston was previously Deputy High Commissioner at the New Zealand High Commission Singapore and Deputy Special Coordinator of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)[5].

References
  1. "RNZAF - RNZAF Supports Solomon Islands". www.airforce.mil.nz. New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  2. "New Zealand Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, H.E. Mary Thurston, visited the NATO ENSEC COE on the 11th of July". New Zealand Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, H.E. Mary Thurston, visited the NATO ENSEC COE on the 11th of July. NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  3. Kitsoft. "Міністерство закордонних справ України - New stage of Ukrainian-New Zealand cooperation". mfa.gov.ua. Ukraine: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine). Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  4. "Mary Thurston". New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade. Government of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. "McCully names Ambassador to Poland". The Official Website of the Country of New Zealand. Government of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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