Michael Powles

{{short description|New Zealand diplomat}}

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|name= Michael Powles

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|office=High Commissioner of New Zealand to Fiji

|term_start= 1980

|term_end= 1982

|predecessor=David Keith McDowell

|successor=Lindsay Watt

|office2=Ambassador of New Zealand to Indonesia

|term_start2= 1982

|term_end2= 1986

|predecessor2=Richard Nottage

|successor2=Gordon Parkinson

|office3=Ambassador of New Zealand to China

|term_start3= 1990

|term_end3= 1993

|predecessor3=Lindsay Watt

|successor3=Christopher Elder

|office4=Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations in New York

|term_start4= 1996

|term_end4= 2001

|predecessor4=Colin Keating

|successor4=Don MacKay

|birth_name = Michael John Powles

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1939|07|24|df=y}}

|birth_place=Wellington, New Zealand

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|relatives = Guy Powles (father)

|spouse= {{marriage|Dale Croucher|1964|end=separated}}

|children= 3

|education= Wanganui Collegiate School

|alma_mater=Victoria University of Wellington

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Michael John Powles (born 24 July 1939) is a retired New Zealand diplomat. He served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1996 to 2001 and as President of UNICEF in 1998.