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Jerry Mateparae

Military · Politician

Jerry Mateparae is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Jerry Mateparae · Џери Матепарај · Джерри Матепараи · ג'רי מטפארה · جرمیا ماتپارای · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Jeremiah Mateparae · Sir Jeremiah Mateparae · Матепараи, Джерри				[sources]
Weak alias	Mateparae · ジェリー·マテパラエ · 傑瑞·邁特帕里 · 傑瑞·馬特巴瑞爵士 · 杰里·迈特帕里 · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1954-11-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Whanganui				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	New Zealand				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Jerry				[sources]
Last name	Mateparae				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q515624				[sources]
Position	Chief of Defence Force (2006-2011) · Governor-General of New Zealand (2011-2016)				[sources]
Education	Australian Defence College (-1995) · Officer Cadet School, Portsea (-1976) · Royal College of Defence Studies (-1999) · Staff College, Camberley (-1989) · University of Waikato (-2008) · 1 more...				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-01-22	First seen	2023-09-28

Descriptions

Governor-General of New Zealand

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Janine Mateparae Close Associate	spouse	-	-
Raewyn Mateparae Close Associate	spouse	1973	1990

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Chief of Defence Force	2006-05-01	2011-01-23

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,600

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,278

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