1. Kennedy Gollan Montrose Graham was born on 1946 and is a New Zealand politician and former Member of Parliament for the Green Party.
16 Facts About Kennedy Graham
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Kennedy Graham has served in the New Zealand Foreign Service for sixteen years, and lectured at the University of Canterbury and Victoria University of Wellington.
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Kennedy Graham is the brother of Sir Douglas Graham, a former National Party MP and cabinet minister.
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Kennedy Graham is a great-grandson of Robert Graham, an MP from 1855 to 1868.
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Kennedy Graham received Fulbright and Fletcher scholarships, a McCarthy Fellowship and a Quatercentenary Fellowship at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
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Kennedy Graham worked as secretary-general of Parliamentarians for Global Action in New York, where he developed the concept of the "planetary interest" for promotion in parliaments around the world.
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From 1996 to 1998, Kennedy Graham worked in Stockholm at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, holding the position of director of planning and coordination.
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Kennedy Graham was a United Nations official working as a director at the UN University Leadership Academy from 1999 to 2002, and later as senior consultant in the Department of Political Affairs.
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Kennedy Graham is founding director and trustee for the New Zealand Center for Global Studies, which commenced in 2013.
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In 2011, Kennedy Graham stood again in Ilam and was re-elected as a list MP.
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In June 2013, Kennedy Graham organised a public one-day climate change conference which was held at the old Legislative Council chamber at Parliament.
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At the 2014 general election, Kennedy Graham was listed at number 7 on the Green party list.
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Kennedy Graham contested the Helensville electorate and was re-elected as a list MP.
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Kennedy Graham serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Privileges Committee.
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In October 2015, Kennedy Graham formed a cross-party group, GLOBE-NZ, working on climate change.
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The next day, both Clendon and Kennedy Graham resigned from the Party caucus, after there were moves to remove them involuntarily.