Sir Ashley Bloomfield | |
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![]() Bloomfield in 2023 | |
Director-General of Health | |
In office 11 June 2018 – 29 July 2022 | |
Preceded by | Chai Chuah |
Succeeded by | Diana Sarfati |
Personal details | |
Born | Ashley Robin Bloomfield March 1966 (age 58) Napier, New Zealand |
Spouse |
Libby (m. 1990) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Auckland |
Occupation |
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Sir Ashley Robin Bloomfield KNZM (born March 1966) is a New Zealand public health official. He served as the chief executive of the Ministry of Health and the country's Director-General of Health from 2018 to 2022. He was the public-facing health specialist liaising with the media during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand on behalf of the government, from the first press conference on 27 January 2020.