Brook Barrington
Brook Barrington | |
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Official Secretary of Defence portrait (2024) | |
| New Zealand Secretary of Defence | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Bridgman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Brook Francis Barrington |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | New Zealand and the search for security 1944-1954: 'a modest and moderate collaboration' (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nicholas Tarling |
Brook Francis Barrington is a New Zealand public servant and former diplomat, who is currently serving as chief executive of the Ministry of Defence and Secretary of Defence. He has previously served as chief executive of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.