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Patrick Graham Millen (born August 5, 1927) was the New Zealand Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council from 1973 until 1987. . In 1991 he was ennobled by Pope John Paul II in recognition of his long and distinguished service to the Catholic Church and to the community.

Early Life and Career
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, the son of a Scottish Banker, he had a cosmopolitan upbringing where he lived in Singapore and was educated in England, India, Ceylon, eventually gaining a BA(Hons) in philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford University.

His interest in international affairs started through his childhood friendship with David Montgomery the son of Field Marshal Montgomery through whom he met a number of European politicians including future British Prime Minister Anthony Eden.

He worked for the Ceylonese civil defence and was in the Royal Marines for two years and had the first of 12 children before emigrating to New Zealand in 1952 with his wife Mary where they settled first in Invercargill. He taught at secondary school and worked as a free-lance journalist before joining Foreign Affairs in 1955. During his 18 years with Foreign Affairs he had two appointments to Canberra, one as deputy high commissioner from 1968 to 1972.

Secretary of the Cabinet
The following year he was appointed to the Cabinet Office and for the next 14 years was the Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council until 1987. He served the governments of Norman Kirk, Bill Rowling, Robert Muldoon, and David Lange.

He was a key member of the Danks Committee on Official Information which led to the introduction of an Act that reversed the presumption of secrecy in the operations of Government. The Official Information Act has since been recognised as a part of New Zealand's unwritten constitution.

When Queen Elizabeth II visited New Zealand as part of her Queen’s Silver Jubilee tour in 1977 she held a meeting of the Privy Council in Wellington. Millen held the appointment of Secretary of the Privy Council.

As a staunch believer in the Westminster parliamentary democracy in 1979 he published the Cabinet Office Manual which outlines the main laws, rules and constitutional conventions affecting the operation of the New Zealand Government. This was a document first mooted by Sir Sidney Holland some 30 years prior when Millen's predecessor Foss Shanahan reorganised the the processes for Cabinet operation. The Cabinet Manual has undergone revisions since, and is endorsed at the first Cabinet meeting of a new government, to provide for the orderly re-commencement of the business of government.

In 1985 he was the recipient of the Queen's Service Order for public service. He retired on 21 September 1987 and was succeeded by Marie Shroff whose appointment was announced on 6 October 1987.

Later Life
Following retirement from the public service in 1987 he became advisor to the National Director of IHC, secretary on the Committee of Advertising Practise, and a member of the Wellington Criminal Justice Advisory Council. His involvement with the Prisoners Aid and Rehabilitation Society started in 1965 and he was later appointed a life member. In 1989 he was elected the Society's national president.

In October 1991 he received the papal award Knight in the Order of St Gregory by Pope John Paul II for his long and distinguished service to the Catholic Church and to the community.

He died in 1994 in Wellington and at his funeral former Prime Minister David Lange described him as "The diligent, literate, consummately discreet and professional civil servant."