Peter Arnison

Peter Arnison
23rd Governor of Queensland
In office
29 July 1997 – 29 July 2003
MonarchElizabeth II
PremierRob Borbidge
Peter Beattie
Preceded byLeneen Forde
Succeeded byQuentin Bryce
Personal details
Born (1940-10-21) 21 October 1940 (age 82)
Lismore, New South Wales
Military service
AllegianceAustralia
Branch/serviceAustralian Army
Years of service1959–1996
RankMajor General
CommandsLand Commander Australia (1994–96)
1st Division (1991–94)
3rd Brigade (1987–88)
Land Warfare Centre (1985–86)
5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1981–82)
Battles/warsVietnam War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of Australia
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Captain Peter Arnison (left) and Major Ian McFarlane of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment on their return from a battalion strength operation in Biên Hòa, Vietnam, in July 1965.

Major General Peter Maurice Arnison, AC, CVO (born 21 October 1940) is a retired Australian Army officer who served as the 23rd Governor of Queensland, in office from July 1997 until July 2003. He graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1962, and served as Land Commander Australia from 1994 until he retired from the Australian Army in 1996.

For the year prior to his appointment as governor, Arnison was the executive director of Allied Rubber Products, a manufacturing firm. He is a former Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology, and is Chairman of Panbio Limited, Chairman of the Centre for Military and Veterans' Health, Director of Energex Limited, Governor of the Queensland Community Foundation, and on the board of directors of the Australian Multicultural Foundation.

Personal

Arnison is married to Barbara.

Education, appointments, honours and awards

Bachelor of Economics
D Laws University of Queensland
D Univ Queensland University of Technology
D Univ Griffith University
D Letters University of Southern Queensland
D Univ Southern Cross University
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
July 1977 National Medal
January 1992 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
1994 Land Commander Australia (LCAUST)
June 1996 Executive Director, Allied Rubber Products
July 1997 Queensland’s 23rd Governor
January 2001 Centenary Medal
March 2001 Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
March 2002 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
December 2004 Non-executive Director, ENERGEX Limited
Chair, Network and Technical Committee, ENERGEX Limited
Member, Audit and Compliance Committee, ENERGEX Limited
Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology
Chairman of The Centre for Military and Veterans' Health
Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation
Chairman of Panbio Limited
Chairman, Communities Future Task Force
September 2009 re-elected Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
January 2011 Appointed Chairman of the Flood Response Review Board in Brisbane

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