Anand Satyanand held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Anand Satyanand as 19th Governor General of New Zealand.
Anand Satyanand was born at Auckland in 1944. His recorded nationality is New Zealand. He was educated at University of Auckland and Sacred Heart College, Auckland.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The record of office reads: Governor-General of New Zealand (2006–2011).
He is described as judge, lawyer and politician.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
Formal honours included the Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2009), Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2005), Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2006) and Companion of the Queen's Service Order (2007).
That the career was made in New Zealand is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Achievements
- Governor-General of New Zealand (2006–2011)
- Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit — 2009
- Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit — 2005
- Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit — 2006
- Companion of the Queen's Service Order — 2007
- Educated at University of Auckland and Sacred Heart College, Auckland
