Anand Satyanand, a PIO, was sworn in as New Zealands new governor general on August 23rd, 2006. He is the first governor general of Asian descent.
In his inaugural speech, Satyanand acknowledged his Indo-Fijian parentage. I want also to pay deference to my linkage with Fiji, where my parents were born and raised. They came to this country in the 1920s and 1930s to undertake their lives in the New Zealand community, he said. I acknowledge also my Indian origin, with four grandparents who migrated from that country to Fiji.
Satyanand graduated with a law degree from the Auckland University in 1970. He practiced law for 12 years before becoming a district court judge in 1982. In 1995, he was appointed an ombudsman and served in that capacity for two terms of five years each. He has written and published extensively.
Satyanand was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DCNZM) in the Queens Birthday Honors in 2005.
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