List Member of Parliament
Major Portfolios: Law and Order, Defence, Corrections, Civil Defence, Disarmament and Arms Control, Youth Affairs, Veterans' Affairs, Sport and Recreation
Select Committee: Law and Order Chairperson
Ron Mark was elected to Parliament in 1996 and is a New Zealand First list MP.
A former ward of state, Ron grew up in Pahiatua, attending Tararua College. As a young man he worked on farms, trapped possums and did scrub cutting.
At the age of 16 he joined the NZ Army and in the next 15 years he rose from a private, through the ranks to Captain. Ron spent 13 months from 1982-1983 peacekeeping in Israel and Egypt. He left the New Zealand Army in 1985 and spent five years soldiering in the Sultanate of Oman. There he served in the Sultans Land Forces and the Sultans Special Force. He retired as a Major in 1990.
Ron's hobbies include rugby, music, diving, weight training, paintball and shooting trap and skeet.
Ron has 5 children (one deceased) 7 grandchildren and 2 step-grandchildren. He now lives back in the Wairarapa with his partner, Chris.
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