monarch relations predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp death_date death_place party primeminister birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
elizabeth ii mark mitchell -lrb- grandson -rrb- merwyn mccready norman king norrish tom mcguigan fraser colman allan mccready allan hon. thomson ben couch michael bassett gary knapp sir lancelot adams-scheider george gair jim bolger david new zealand new zealand wellington , new zealand waitemata east coast bays 01 march 1982 auckland , new zealand national rob muldoon rob muldoon rob muldoon rob muldoon 31 january 1917 5th health minister of immigration 27th minister of defence minister of ambassador police to the united states 24th minister of 1981 1978 13 december 1978 1969 1972 12 december 1975 12 december 1975 13 december frank gill -lrb- politician -rrb-
 1982 1980 21 august 1980 1971 1980 13 december 1978 13 december 1978 21 august frank gill
frank gill -lrb- politician -rrb-

thomas francis `` frank '' gill -lrb- 31 january 1917 -- 1 march 1982 -rrb- was a new zealand air force pilot and politician .
he flew with the royal air force throughout world war ii and afterwards served with the royal new zealand air force until 1969 , rising to the rank of air commodore .
he entered parliament as a national party mp in 1969 and served as a cabinet minister from 1975 to 1980 , when he resigned to become new zealand 's ambassador to the united states .
