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Amb. Rod Harris

Amb. Rod Harris took his office in Berlin in July of 2014. He is also accredited as the Amb. of New Zealand to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania and Switzerland.

He has a long diplomatic career behind him as he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand all his life. Before being inducted as ambassador in Berlin, he was Amb. of New Zealand to Saudi Arabia and also Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar from July 2010 to December of 2013.

Before taking office in Germany, he completed a language training course which lasted for 5 months.