Don McKinnon

The Right Honourable Sir Don McKinnon ONZ GCVO
4th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations
In office 1 April 2000 – 1 April 2008
Head	Elizabeth II
Chair	Thabo Mbeki (South Africa) John Howard (Australia) Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria) Lawrence Gonzi (Malta) Yoweri Museveni (Uganda)
Preceded by	Emeka Anyaoku
Succeeded by	Kamalesh Sharma
12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
In office 2 November 1990 – 16 December 1996
Prime Minister	Jim Bolger
Preceded by	Helen Clark
Succeeded by	Winston Peters
24th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 2 November 1990 – 5 December 1999
Prime Minister	Jim Bolger (1990–1997) Jenny Shipley (1997–1999)
Preceded by	Mike Moore
Succeeded by	Phil Goff
Member of Parliament for Albany
In office 1978–1993
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Murray McCully
Personal details
Born	Donald Charles McKinnon (1939-02-27) 27 February 1939 (age 85) London, United Kingdom
Nationality	New Zealand
Political party	National
Spouse(s)	Clare de Lore

Sir Donald Charles McKinnon (born 27 February 1939) is a New Zealand politician. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand. He was the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2000 until 2008.^[1]

References

1. McKinnon, Don (2006-05-25), Building Sustainable Democracies – the Commonwealth way (PDF), Center for Strategic and International Studies^{[permanent dead link]}

Other websites

• Don McKinnon on IMDb
• Profile: Don McKinnon - BBC news
• The Global Panel Foundation