Paul East

Paul East
22nd High Commissioner from New Zealand to the United Kingdom
In office
4 January 1999  4 January 2002
Preceded byRichard Grant
Succeeded byRussell Marshall
32nd Minister of Defence
In office
1 March 1996  5 December 1997
Prime MinisterJim Bolger
Preceded byWarren Cooper
Succeeded byMax Bradford
28th Attorney-General
In office
2 November 1990  5 December 1997
Prime MinisterJim Bolger
Preceded byDavid Lange
Succeeded byDoug Graham
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Rotorua
In office
25 November 1978  12 October 1996
Preceded byHarry Lapwood
Succeeded byMax Bradford
Majority429
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for National Party list
In office
12 October 1996  25 January 1999
Succeeded byAlec Neill
Personal details
Born
Paul Clayton East

(1946-08-04)4 August 1946
Ōpōtiki, New Zealand
Died27 February 2023(2023-02-27) (aged 76)
Auckland, New Zealand
Political partyNational

Paul Clayton East CNZM KC PC (4 August 1946 – 27 February 2023) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.