14 Facts About Mark Prebble

Mark Prebble was born on 1951 and is a former New Zealand civil servant.

Mark Prebble was the State Services Commissioner, head of New Zealand's public service from May 2004 until 30 June 2008.

On 25 January 2008, Prebble announced his retirement after 32 years in the Public Service.

Mark Prebble was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the youngest son of Kenneth Mark Prebble, a one-time vicar of St Paul's Church, Auckland, who later became Archdeacon of Hauraki.

Mark Prebble has five siblings, including former Labour Cabinet Minister and ACT Party leader Richard Prebble, Victoria University law professor John Prebble, and Massey University professor of education administration Tom Prebble.

Mark Prebble was educated at the University of Auckland, where he graduated with an MA in Economics, and at Victoria University of Wellington, where he earned a doctorate in public policy in 1990.

Mark Prebble's thesis was titled An Integrated Approach to Redistribution: Issues of Policy, Economics and Information.

Mark Prebble joined the Treasury in 1977, rising to Deputy Secretary of the Department, and acted as Acting Secretary twice.

In 1998, Mark Prebble became Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, succeeding Simon Murdoch.

Mark Prebble was involved in the Corngate affair, for not releasing four documents after Clark ordered all official papers to be released during the 2002 election campaign.

In 2004, Mark Prebble was appointed State Services Commissioner, as the head of New Zealand's public service, succeeding Michael Wintringham.

Mark Prebble was involved in investigations into the dismissal of the Environment ministry communications manager Madeleine Setchell, which led to the resignation of Environment Minister David Benson-Pope.

Mark Prebble docked himself 2.5 percent of his own pay over the dismissal, after an inquiry found Mark Prebble forgot to mention a conversation he had with Benson-Pope.

Mark Prebble remarried, and has two sons and two daughters.