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{{short description|New Zealand politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Murray McCully
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=100%}} [[Companion of the Order of Fiji|CF]]
| image               = Murray McCully November 2016.jpg
| caption             = McCully in 2016
| order               = 26th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| term_start          = 19 November 2008
| term_end            = 2 May 2017
| primeminister       = [[John Key]]<br />[[Bill English]]
| predecessor         = [[Winston Peters]]<br />[[Helen Clark]] (Acting)
| successor           = [[Gerry Brownlee]]
| order1              = 2nd [[2011 Rugby World Cup|Minister for the Rugby World Cup]]
| primeminister1      = [[John Key]]
| term_start1         = 19 November 2008
| term_end1           = 12 December 2011
| predecessor1        = [[Clayton Cosgrove]]
| successor1          = ''Post abolished''
| order2              = 7th [[Minister for Sport and Recreation]]
| term_start2         = 19 November 2008
| term_end2           = 6 October 2014
| primeminister2      = [[John Key]]
| predecessor2        = [[Clayton Cosgrove]]
| successor2          = [[Jonathan Coleman (politician)|Jonathan Coleman]]
| term_start3         = 16 December 1996
| term_end3           = 10 December 1999
| primeminister3      = [[Jim Bolger]]<br>[[Jenny Shipley]]
| predecessor3        = [[John Banks (New Zealand politician)|John Banks]]
| successor3          = [[Trevor Mallard]]
| order4              = 18th [[Minister of Customs (New Zealand)|Minister of Customs]]
| term_start4         = 3 October 1991
| term_end4           = 16 December 1996
| primeminister4      = [[Jim Bolger]]
| predecessor4        = [[Wyatt Creech]]
| successor4          = [[Neil Kirton]]
| office5             = Member of the [[New Zealand Parliament]]<br />for {{NZ electorate link|East Coast Bays}}<br />{{small| {{NZ electorate link|Albany}} (1996–2002)}}
| term_start5         = 15 August 1987
| term_end5           = 23 September 2017
| predecessor5        = [[Gary Knapp]]
| successor5          = [[Erica Stanford]]
| birth_name          = Murray Stuart McCully
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|2|19}}
| birth_place         = [[Whangārei]], New Zealand
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| party               = [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]]
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| occupation          = Lawyer
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'''Murray Stuart McCully''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=85%}} {{post-nominals|list=[[Companion of the Order of Fiji|CF]]|size=85%}} (born 19 February 1953) is a former New Zealand politician. He is a member of the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]], and served as [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] from 2008 to 2017.<ref name="DP_shadows">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4776632a23917.html|title=Coming out of the shadows|last=Watkins|first=Tracy|date=29 November 2008|work=The Dominion Post|access-date=16 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201063831/http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4776632a23917.html|archive-date=1 December 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Early life==
Born in [[Whangārei]], McCully was educated at Arapohue Primary School, [[Dargaville High School]], the [[University of Auckland]], and [[Victoria University of Wellington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://executive.govt.nz/93-96/minister/mccully/index.html|title=Hon Murray McCully|publisher=New Zealand Government|access-date=17 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421062327/http://executive.govt.nz/93-96/minister/mccully/index.html|archive-date=21 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree and is a qualified barrister and solicitor, working as a lawyer before entering politics. He had a long-term relationship with political journalist and columnist Jane Clifton, with whom he had two sons,<ref name="DP_shadows"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2017-04-27|title=McCully - the private but international face of the John Key Government|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/91986766/mccully--the-private-but-international-face-of-the-john-key-government|access-date=2020-11-03|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref> which ended in the 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Black Prince' to spin the wheel again|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/black-prince-to-spin-the-wheel-again/I57DPKDW6ULWKAGBVSAS23Y3XQ/|date=27 February 2016|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |author=Claire Trevett}}</ref>

==Member of Parliament==
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McCully first stood for Parliament in [[1975 New Zealand general election|1975]] in [[Auckland Central (New Zealand electorate)|Auckland Central]], reducing [[Richard Prebble]]'s majority to 289. He next stood for [[East Coast Bays (New Zealand electorate)|East Coast Bays]] in [[1984 New Zealand general election|1984]], coming second to [[Gary Knapp]].

In [[1987 New Zealand general election|1987]], McCully defeated Knapp and entered Parliament as [[Member of parliament|MP]] for [[East Coast Bays (New Zealand electorate)|East Coast Bays]] on [[Auckland]]'s [[North Shore, New Zealand|North Shore]]. He held that seat at three general elections.

At the [[1996 New Zealand general election|1996 election]] he became MP for the new seat of [[Albany (New Zealand electorate)|Albany]] before returning, in the [[2002 New Zealand general election|2002 election]], as MP for the reconstituted [[East Coast Bays (New Zealand electorate)|East Coast Bays]] seat. McCully retired from parliamentary politics in 2017.<ref name=":1" />

Over his career, McCully held senior ministerial appointments in both the Fourth and Fifth National Governments. He had a reputation as a party strategist, "fix-it man" and "Machiavellian Dark Prince."<ref name="DP_shadows" /><ref name=":0" />[[File:New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs (7724357948).jpg|thumb|left|New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully (left) meet with British Foreign Secretary [[William Hague]] (right) in [[London]], [[England]], on 6 August 2012.]]

=== Fourth National Government, 1990–1999 ===
McCully's first ministerial appointment was as [[Minister of Customs (New Zealand)|Minister of Customs]] and Associate Minister of Tourism in 1991. He held later appointments under the premierships of [[Jim Bolger]] and [[Jenny Shipley]] as [[Minister of Housing and Urban Development|Minister of Housing]], [[Minister of Immigration (New Zealand)|Minister of Immigration]] and Minister for Sport, Fitness and Leisure.

As Sport and Tourism Minister, McCully reportedly "headhunted" future [[Prime Minister of Australia|Australian Prime Minister]] [[Scott Morrison]] to head up the new Office of Sport and Tourism.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-15|title=ScoMo Dundee: A future Aussie PM's role in New Zealand's great tourism wars|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/119419731/tourism-wars-1m-payouts-and-an-arrogant-future-australian-pm-at-the-centre-of-a-very-kiwi-scandal|access-date=2020-11-03|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref>

Murray McCully resigned from his Tourism portfolio in April 1999<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=6278 |title=Payout recovery vexing National |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=7 May 1999 |access-date=14 December 2010 |first=Andrew |last=Laxon }}</ref> after questions were raised regarding his handling of the resignation and subsequent payout of members of the Tourism board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vdig.net/hansard/archive.jsp?y=1999&m=04&d=21&o=25&p=34|title=Parliamentary Hansard – Report on Tourism Board |date=21 April 1999|publisher=NZ Parliament|access-date=12 December 2010}}</ref> These questions culminated in a report of the Controller and Auditor General that deemed these payouts "unlawful," although the report accepted that all involved had proceeded on the basis of advice and "their genuine perception of what was in the best interests of New Zealand’s tourism industry."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oag.govt.nz/1999/nz-tourism-board|title=Report of the Controller and Auditor General: Inquiry into certain events concerning the New Zealand Tourism Board.|date=19 April 1999|publisher=Controller and Auditor General |access-date=12 December 2010}}</ref>

=== Opposition, 1999–2008 ===
The National Party lost government at the 1999 general election and did not regain the treasury benches until 2008. During nine years of opposition, McCully held various opposition spokesperson roles including in the local government, housing, sport, state services, immigration, foreign affairs and defence portfolios.

McCully is understood to have been a key player in many of the leadership changes the National Party experienced while in opposition. McCully supported [[Bill English]] to replace Jenny Shipley as National Party leader in the [[2001 New Zealand National Party leadership election]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shipley's night of long knives|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/shipleys-night-of-long-knives/622O5N24UOXZPHH22QYAEYHMYM/|access-date=2020-11-03|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> [[Don Brash]] to replace English in [[2003 New Zealand National Party leadership election|2003]], and [[Gerry Brownlee]] to replace [[Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)|Nick Smith]] as deputy leader in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|title=McCully at centre of Nats whisper row|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mccully-at-centre-of-nats-whisper-row/3JZMH2CXZGIFT225BIUOIVYBME/|access-date=2020-11-03|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> McCully was appointed "parliamentary assistant" to Brash and was reportedly the only MP Brash told about his decision to stand down in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|last=The Letter Limited|title=The Letter – Wednesday, 29 November 2006|url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00490/the-letter-wednesday-29-november-2006.htm|access-date=2020-11-03|website=www.scoop.co.nz}}</ref>[[File:Rimbink Pato, Julia Bishop and Murray McCully August 2014.jpg|thumb|left|Papua New Guinean Foreign Minister [[Rimbink Pato]] (left), Australian Foreign Minister [[Julie Bishop]] (center) and New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully (right) at SIDS, in August 2014.]]

=== Fifth National Government, 2008–2017 ===
After the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] won the [[2008 New Zealand general election|2008 election]], McCully was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister on 19 November 2008. McCully was appointed [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], [[Minister for Sport and Recreation]], and Minister for the [[2011 Rugby World Cup|Rugby World Cup]] by [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|New Zealand Prime Minister]] [[John Key]].<ref name="DP_shadows"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10543509|title=Key's Government |date=17 November 2008|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=16 January 2009}}</ref>

In November 2015, McCully was off work after surgery for removal of a growth that was found to be benign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11540084 |title=Murray McCully off work following surgery |date=4 November 2015|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=17 November 2015}}</ref>

On 15 December 2016, following the announcement that Key would retire from politics and the appointment of [[Bill English]] as Prime Minister, McCully announced that he would not stand for parliament in 2017 (in [[2017 New Zealand general election|that year's general election]]).<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11767735|access-date=16 December 2016|title=Murray McCully says he won't stand again in next election|date=15 December 2016|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] }}</ref> English and McCully had previously had a fractious relationship, relating to when McCully orchestrated the removal of English as party leader in 2003.<ref name="DP_shadows" /> Reflecting on his time as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, McCully said his most challenging and rewarding work was New Zealand's role in the Pacific: "I’ve put a lot of my personal effort into ensuring that we actually live up to the expectations our neighbours have of us and the responsibilities we should carry."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2017/04/30/22658?slug=high-flying-mccully-prepares-for-life-on-firm-ground|title=High-flying McCully prepares for life on firm ground|date=2017-05-01|website=Newsroom|access-date=2017-05-13}}</ref> He continued as Minister of Foreign Affairs under English until 2 May 2017, when he was succeeded by [[Gerry Brownlee]].

In December 2016, McCully played a critical role in the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334]].<ref name="ravidbritainpulledthestringsand">{{cite news|last1=Ravid|first1=Barak|title=Britain Pulled the Strings and Netanyahu Warned New Zealand It Was Declaring War: New Details on Israel's Battle Against the UN Vote|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.761706|access-date=28 December 2016|work=Haaretz|date=27 December 2016}}</ref>

=== Political views ===
In 2004, McCully voted against a bill to establish [[Civil unions in New Zealand|civil unions]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Civil Unions Act|url=http://votes.wotfun.com/bill/1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144215/http://votes.wotfun.com/bill/1|archive-date=20 January 2019|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref> In 2005, he voted for the [[Same-sex marriage in New Zealand#Marriage (Gender Clarification) Amendment Bill 2005|Marriage (Gender Clarification) Amendment Bill 2005]], which would have amended the Marriage Act to define marriage as only between a man and a woman.<ref>{{cite web|date=7 December 2005|title=Marriage (Gender Clarification) Amendment Bill – First Reading|url=http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/pb/debates/debates/48HansD_20051207_00001276/marriage-gender-clarification-amendment-bill-%e2%80%94-first|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229232900/http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/pb/debates/debates/48HansD_20051207_00001276/marriage-gender-clarification-amendment-bill-%E2%80%94-first|archive-date=29 February 2016|access-date=18 July 2012|publisher=New Zealand Parliament}}</ref>

In 2013, McCully voted against the [[Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013|Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill]], a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry in New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 April 2013|title=Gay marriage: How MPs voted|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10878241|access-date=5 December 2016}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
While still a Member of Parliament, McCully was appointed a [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]] for services to foreign policy in the [[2015 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2015 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{cite web|date=31 December 2014|title=New Year honours list 2015|url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2015|access-date=14 January 2018|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}}</ref>

In 2019, McCully was appointed an [[Order of Fiji|Honorary Companion of the Order of Fiji]], for services to relations between Fiji and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news|last=Raman|first=Venkat|date=14 July 2019|title=Fiji honours Murray McCully with highest award|work=Indian newslink|url=http://www.indiannewslink.co.nz/fiji-honours-murray-mccully-with-highest-award/|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of foreign ministers in 2017]]
* [[Politics in New Zealand]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170407105711/https://murraymccully.national.org.nz/ Profile] at National party{{MPLinksNZ | parliament = MPs/3/3/6/50MP13691-McCully-Murray.htm | beehive = murray-mccully | theywork = murray_mccully }}

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