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Pita Sharples

New Zealand politician
Person Human Q186074

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
July 20, 1941
Place of birth
Waipawa
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[4]
Occupation
politician
Employer
University of Auckland[6]
Position held
Member of the New Zealand Parliament, Minister for Māori Development (2008–2014)[5]
Educated at
University of Auckland, Te Aute College[7][8]
Member of political party
Te Pāti Māori[12]
Award received
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1990), Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit‎ (2015)[9][10]
Official website
www.parliament.nz[15]
Family name
Sharples[13]
Given name
Pita[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject New Zealand/politics[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tā Pita Sharples en Papa Pita en Peter Russell Sharples en Peter Sharples en Pita Russell Sharples en Pita Sharples en Sir Pita Russell Sharples en Sir Pita Sharples ar بيتا شاربلز tr Pita Russell Sharples
🔖 Identifiers · 11
ISNI
0000000051104740
VIAF cluster ID
29363317
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2008172790
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Pita Sharples 2012 (cropped).jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/041s6j
JRC Names ID
981105
Kōmako author ID
964
OpenSanctions ID
Pita Sharples
Prabook ID
1860159
Who's Who UK ID
U284581
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvXdty8krtqMvd6ybrKBP

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🔗 Connections
Award received 1
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Chaired by 1
Te Pāti Māori
Country of citizenship 1
New Zealand
Educated at 1
University of Auckland
Employer 1
University of Auckland
Instance of 1
human
Member of political party 1
Te Pāti Māori
Occupation 1
politician
OpenSanctions ID 1
Pita Sharples
Place of birth 1
Waipawa
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Pita Sharples was born on July 20, 1941[1], in Waipawa[2]. He has worked as a politician[3].

FAQs

Where was Pita Sharples born?

Pita Sharples was born in Waipawa[2].

What did Pita Sharples do for work?

Pita Sharples worked as a politician[3].

Where did Pita Sharples go to school?

Pita Sharples was educated at University of Auckland[7] and Te Aute College[8].

What awards did Pita Sharples receive?

Honors received include Commander of the Order of the British Empire[9] and Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit‎[10].

Related Entities

New Zealand

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . The London Gazette 52174. wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . dpmc.govt.nz. dpmc.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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