Greg Urwin
Male, Deceased Person
1946 – 2008
Who was Greg Urwin?
Gregory Lawrence Urwin PSM CSI was an Australian career diplomat and top Pacific specialist. Urwin held the post of Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, an important inter-governmental regional organisation from 2004 until 2 May 2008. Urwin had been the longest serving Australian diplomat in the Pacific at the time of his death in 2008. Urwin was also the first non-Pacific Islander to become Secretary General of the Pacific Island Forum.
During his tenure as a diplomat and Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Urwin was considered to be instrumental in the rebuilding of failed states and promotion of political stability in the region - especially with the RAMSI mission in the Solomon Islands.
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- Born
- Aug 21, 1946
Lithgow - Education
- University of Sydney
- Wesley College
- Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Died
- Aug 9, 2008
Apia
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on July 23, 2013
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