About David Payton
Born 1952. David Payton is a New Zealand politician and diplomat.
David Bruce Payton (born c. 1952) was the Administrator of Tokelau from 17 October 2006 to 2009.
Payton joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975, where he worked in the aid division assisting Niue.
He was appointed Administrator of Tokelau in October 2006.
He retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) in 2014 at the age of 62, after spending the last few years of his career (2011-2014) working in New York (for the second time) for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on issues related to development in Small Island Developing States (SIDs).
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Administrator of Tokelau
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David Payton was born in 1952.
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David Payton is a politician and diplomat.
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David Payton is New Zealand.
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