Sir David Williams | |
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5th Chief Justice of the Cook Islands | |
In office 2005 –13 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Laurence Greig |
Succeeded by | Tom Weston |
Personal details | |
Born | David Arthur Rhodes Williams 17 April 1941 Auckland,New Zealand |
Alma mater | University of Auckland (LLB) Harvard Law School (LLM) [1] |
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