Mary Thurston

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Mary Thurston

Mary Patricia Thurston is a career diplomat with the country of New Zealand. [1] [2]

From 2016 to 2021, she was the ambassador of New Zealand to Poland. [3] [4] Via this office, she was also ambassador to Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine. [5] [6]

Thurston attended Oxford University where she studied English and French for a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree. She speaks French, Spanish and Solomon Islands Pijin. [6]

Thurston was previously Deputy High Commissioner at the New Zealand High Commission Singapore and Deputy Special Coordinator of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). [7]

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