Greg Urwin

Greg Urwin
PSM CSI
Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
In office
16 May 2004 – 2 May 2008
Preceded byNoel Levi
Succeeded byFeleti Teo
Personal details
Born(1946-08-00)August 1946
Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia Australia
Died9 August 2008(2008-08-09) (aged 61–62)
Apia, Samoa Samoa
SpousePenny Clark
OccupationDiplomat

Gregory Lawrence Urwin PSM CSI (August 1946[1] – 9 August 2008) was an Australian career diplomat and top Pacific specialist. Urwin held the post of Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, an important inter-governmental regional organisation from 2004 until 2 May 2008. Urwin had been the longest serving Australian diplomat in the Pacific at the time of his death in 2008.[2] Urwin was also the first non-Pacific Islander to become Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum.[3]

During his tenure as a diplomat and Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Urwin was considered to be instrumental in the rebuilding of failed states and promotion of political stability in the region - especially with the RAMSI mission in the Solomon Islands.[4]

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  2. ^ "Australia's longest-serving Pacific diplomat dies". The China Post. Taiwan (ROC). Associated Press. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Tributes flow for ex-Forum chief". Fiji Times. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
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