Roy Ferguson

{{Short description|New Zealand diplomat}} {{for|the Australian rugby league player|Roy Ferguson (rugby league)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=1}} | image = Roy Ferguson New Zealand Ambassador.jpg | image_size = 232 | caption = Ferguson, {{Circa|2007}} | office = New Zealand Ambassador<br/>to the United States | term_start = 2006 | term_end = 2010 | predecessor = John Wood | successor = Mike Moore | office1 = New Zealand Ambassador to South Korea | term_start1 = 1999 | term_end1 = 2002 | office2 = New Zealand Ambassador to North Korea | term_start2 = 1999 | term_end2 = 2002 | alma_mater = {{Plainlist| * University of Canterbury * University of Pennsylvania }} }}

'''Roy Neil Ferguson''', {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO}}, is the former New Zealand Ambassador to the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Embassies/3-NZ-Ambassadors/countries-u.php |title=New Zealand Heads of Overseas Missions |publisher=NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503043616/http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Embassies/3-NZ-Ambassadors/countries-u.php |archive-date=3 May 2009}}</ref> He was replaced by former New Zealand Prime Minister and Director-General of the World Trade Organization Mike Moore in 2010. Ferguson replaced John Wood in the role in 2006. He was Director of the Americas Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2002 to 2005 and has served on the Boards of the New Zealand-United States Council, Fulbright New Zealand, the Ian Axford Fellowships, and the New Zealand Centre for Latin American Studies. Ferguson previously served in Washington as Deputy Chief of Mission between 1991 and 1995. From 1999 to 2002 he served as the New Zealand Ambassador to South Korea and concurrently served as Ambassador to North Korea from 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~caplabtb/dprk/Ambassador_to_Nth_Korea.htm |title=Sifa Taumoepeau |accessdate=2010-01-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513092136/http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~caplabtb/dprk/Ambassador_to_Nth_Korea.htm |archivedate=13 May 2010 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> He has also served in Manila and Canberra.

Ferguson received an MA in History and Political Science from the University of Canterbury and was awarded both the Canterbury Fellowship and a Fulbright Travel Grant which enabled him to study at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with an MA in International Relations. He attended the six-week Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asheville.com/news/nz1107.html|title=New Zealand's Ambassador to the United States to Visit Asheville|date=November 2007|website=www.asheville.com|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>

After his stint as Ambassador to the United States of America, Ferguson was Director, Intelligence Coordination Group, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ssc.govt.nz/resources/appointment-director-gcsb/ |title=Appointment process for the Director, Government Communications Security Bureau |publisher=Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission}}</ref>

==Honours== In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Ferguson was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for services to the State.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2014 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2014 |date=2 June 2014 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=29 April 2018}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.nzembassy.com New Zealand Embassy in Washington] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131206005013/http://newzealand.usembassy.gov/ United States Embassy in Wellington] *[http://www.washdiplomat.com/ambprof/Newzealand.html The Washington Diplomat Newspaper – Ambassador Profile]

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