Air Vice Marshal John Henry Staples Hamilton, CNZM, MVO is a former senior commander in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, who served as Chief of Air Force from 2002 until his retirement from the Air Force in 2006.[1]
John Hamilton | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | New Zealand |
| Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
| Years of service | 1971–2006 |
| Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
| Commands | Chief of Air Force (2002–06) RNZAF Air Command (1998–02) RNZAF Base Ohakea (1996–98) No. 3 Squadron RNZAF (1989–90) |
| Awards | Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit Member of the Royal Victorian Order |
In June 2006 it was announced that Hamilton would become the Director of New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management.[2] Following the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Hamilton became National Controller of the Civil Defence Emergency Response, with Civil Defence as lead agency, supported by New Zealand Police, Fire Service, Defence Force and many other agencies and organisations.[3] He stepped down from Civil Defence in 2014.[4] In 2019 he took up the position of operations manager for Air Napier.[5]
References
edit- ^ "DEFENCE FORCE SERVICE CHIEF'S CHANGE OF COMMAND" (Press release). Royal New Zealand Air Force. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
- ^ "Civil Defence Ministry Director Announced" (Press release). New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs. 11 July 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
- ^ "National state of emergency extended". ONE News. TVNZ. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "John Hamilton: Leaving Civil Defence". NewstalkZB. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ Voorend, Blair (17 June 2019). "Air Napier shakes things up with new ownership and change of management". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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