Bruce Ferguson
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| Born | 4 July 1949 Napier, New Zealand | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | USAF Air War College, Royal College of Defence Studies | |||||||||||
New Zealand spook and Chief of the Defence Force
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Air Marshal Sir Bruce Reid Ferguson[1] is a retired Royal New Zealand Air Force officer who was Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force from 2001 until 2006 and Director of the Government Communications Security Bureau[2][3] from 2006 until 2011.
Early life and family
Ferguson was born in Napier on 14 July 1949, the son of Phyllis and Arthur Ferguson, and educated at Tauranga Boys' College.[4] In 1974, he married Rosemary Rondel, and the couple went on to have three children.[4]
Career
He Graduated as RNZAF pilot in 1970. He was Commanding officer at the Central Flying School 1982-1984. From 1984–86, he was staff officer to Chief of the NZ Air Staff. From 1986–88 he was Director of Air Force Personnel, and at USAF Air War College, where he graduated in 1989.[5][6]
From 1991 until 1995, he was Commander, RNZAF Base Auckland, while studying at the Royal College of Defence Studies, where he graduated in 1995.
Between 1995–97, he was Chief of Air Force Personnel. 1997–2001 he was Assistant Chief of Defence Force (Personnel).
In 2000 he Graduated from the UK Ashridge Senior Executive Management Course. In 2001 he became Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Strategic Studies College.
Between 2001 and 2006, he was Chief of Defence Force, when New Zealand participated in the invasion of Afghanistan.
He took up the appointment as Director of the Government Communications Security Bureau when the previous director, Warren Tucker, was appointed as Director of the Security Intelligence Service on 1 November 2006. Ferguson's term of appointment was for four years, stepping down from the role in 2011.[3] Following his retirement, in July 2012, he was appointed as a Justice of the Peace for New Zealand.[7]
Previous to this he was the briefly acting director of the New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management ,[3] after he retired earlier in 2006 from a distinguished military career which culminated in four years as the New Zealand Chief of Defence Force.[3][8]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20061004160208/http://www.defence.govt.nz/reports-publications/election-brief-2002/legislation.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100102211200/http://www.gcsb.govt.nz/about-us.html
- ↑ a b c d [1], Prime Minister's Press Release – New Director of Government Communications Security Bureau.
- ↑ a b Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 139. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ↑ https://www.beehive.govt.nz/node/26997
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20061004160208/http://www.defence.govt.nz/reports-publications/election-brief-2002/legislation.html#
- ↑ Justices of the Peace Appointed (12 July 2012) 84 New Zealand Gazette 2285
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060522021001/http://newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=94585
