David Hurley

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David Hurley is an Australian former senior Army officer who served as Chief of the Defence Force and later as Governor of New South Wales before becoming the 27th Governor-General of Australia.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Army officer
Australian politician
governor-general of Australia
human
appointedAs 27th Governor-General of Australia
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Australia
Distinguished Service Cross (Australia)
Officer of the Order of Australia
conflictParticipatedIn East Timor crisis
Somali Civil War
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1953-08-26
educatedAt Royal Military College, Duntroon
University of New South Wales
familyName Hurley
fieldOfStudy military studies
givenName David
militaryBranch Australian Army
militaryRank General
monarchDuringTerm Charles III
Elizabeth II
name David Hurley
notableFor serving as 27th Governor-General of Australia
serving as Chief of the Defence Force of Australia
numberOfChildren 3
officeEndTime (Chief of the Defence Force) 2014-06-30
officeEndTime (Governor of New South Wales) 2019-05-01
officeHeld Governor-General of Australia since 2019
officeStartTime 2019-07-01
officeStartTime (Chief of the Defence Force) 2011-07-04
officeStartTime (Governor of New South Wales) 2014-10-02
placeOfBirth Australia
New South Wales
Wollongong
positionHeld Chief of Joint Operations
Chief of the Defence Force
Governor of New South Wales
Governor-General of Australia
Vice Chief of the Defence Force
predecessorAsChiefOfTheDefenceForce Angus Houston
predecessorAsGovernorGeneral Peter Cosgrove
predecessorAsGovernorOfNewSouthWales Marie Bashir
religion Christianity
residence Admiralty House, Sydney
Government House, Canberra
serviceNumber Australian Army officer service (exact number not provided)
spouse Linda Hurley
stateRepresentedAsGovernor New South Wales
successorAsChiefOfTheDefenceForce Mark Binskin
successorAsGovernorOfNewSouthWales Margaret Beazley

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