Warren Freer | |
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2nd Minister of Trade and Industry | |
In office 8 December 1972 – 12 December 1975 | |
Prime Minister | Norman Kirk Bill Rowling |
Preceded by | Brian Talboys |
Succeeded by | Lance Adams-Schneider |
1st Minister of Energy Resources | |
In office 8 December 1972 – 12 December 1975 | |
Prime Minister | Norman Kirk Bill Rowling |
Succeeded by | Eric Holland |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Mount Albert | |
In office 24 September 1947 – 28 November 1981 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Shapton Richards |
Succeeded by | Helen Clark |
Personal details | |
Born | Warren Wilfred Freer 27 December 1920 Sandringham, Auckland, New Zealand |
Died | 29 March 2013 Noosa, Queensland, Australia | (aged 92)
Political party | Labour Party |
Children | 2 |
Warren Wilfred Freer QSO (27 December 1920 – 29 March 2013) was a New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party. He represented the Mount Albert electorate from 1947 to 1981. He is internationally known as the first Western politician to ever visit the People's Republic of China after its creation in 1949.