What is Sian Elias?
[[File:Sian Elias.jpg|thumb|200px|Dame Sian Elias]] [[Dame]] '''Sian Seerpoohi Elias''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|GNZMf|PC|QC}} (born 13 March 1949) is a [[New Zealand]] jurist. She served as the 12th [[Chief Justice of New Zealand]] from 1999 to 2019. She was the first woman to hold the position. She has also been the [[Administrator of the Government#New Zealand|Administrator of the Government]] four times (2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016). Elias was born in [[London]]. Her mother was [[Welsh people|Welsh]] and her father was of [[Armenians|Armenian]] ancestry. In 1952, her family moved to New Zealand. They settled in [[Titirangi]], [[Auckland]]. She married businessman [[Hugh Fletcher]] in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/trailblazers-dame-sian-elias/PVM76E7EHWKVZ7WO27ZXVXR4NI/|title=Trailblazers: Dame Sian Elias|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=17 September 2018|access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{commonscat}} {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Elias, Sian}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Chief justices]] [[Category:People from Auckland]] [[Category:People from London]] {{bio-stub}}