Mervyn Probine
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| Dr. Mervyn Probine CBE | |
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| In office 1981 – 1985 |
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| Prime Minister | Robert Muldoon, David Lange |
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| Preceded by | Dr. Robin M. Williams CB. CBE. MA. PHD HONLLD |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Roderick Deane |
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Mervyn Charles Probine, CBE, FRSNZ (born 30 April 1924) was a State Services Commissioner in New Zealand.
Probine joined the DSIR as a draughtsman in 1946. He obtained a PhD in physics from the University of Leeds. In 1967, he was appointed Director of the Physics and Engineering Laboratory (PEL), and then ten years later, was promoted to Assistant Director-General. Probine joined the State Services Commission in 1979.[1]
Probine was the State Services Commissioner when the Official Information Act 1982 was passed and when the Equal Employment Opportunities Unit (EEOU) was set up. The EEOU was in charge of promoting access to employment opportunities for ethnic minorities, women, and the disabled, and monitoring these across the New Zealand public service.
He was born in Auckland, and married Marjorie Walker in 1949. They have two children.
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Notable New Zealanders (1979, Paul Hamblyn, Auckland)
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- ^ Henderson, Alan. The Quest for Efficiency:The Origins of the State Services Commission.
