Peter Arnison Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Major General The Honourable
Peter Arnison
Order:23rd
Office:Governor of Queensland
Term Start:29 July 1997
Term End:29 July 2003
Premier:Rob Borbidge
Peter Beattie
Predecessor:Leneen Forde
Successor:Quentin Bryce
Birth Date:21 October 1940
Birth Place:Lismore, New South Wales
Allegiance:Australia
Branch:Australian Army
Serviceyears:1959–1996
Rank:Major General
Commands:Land 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:Vietnam War
Mawards:Companion of the Order of Australia
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Major General Peter Maurice Arnison, (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,[1] Chairman of the Centre for Military and Veterans' Health, Director of Energex Limited,[2] Governor of the Queensland Community Foundation, and on the board of directors of the Australian Multicultural Foundation.[3]

Personal

Arnison is married to Barbara.[4]

Education, appointments, honours and awards

Bachelor of Economics[2]

D Laws University of Queensland[2]

D Univ Queensland University of Technology[2]

D Univ Griffith University[2]

D Letters University of Southern Queensland[2]

D Univ Southern Cross University[2]

Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors[2]

July 1977 National Medal[5]

January 1992 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)[6]

1994 Land Commander Australia (LCAUST)[2]

June 1996 Executive Director, Allied Rubber Products[2]

July 1997 Queensland’s 23rd Governor[2]

January 2001 Centenary Medal[7]

March 2001 Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)[8]

March 2002 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)[9]

December 2004 Non-executive Director, ENERGEX Limited[2]

Chair, Network and Technical Committee, ENERGEX Limited[2]

Member, Audit and Compliance Committee, ENERGEX Limited[2]

Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology[10] [2]

Chairman of The Centre for Military and Veterans' Health[10] [2]

Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation[10] [2]

Chairman of Panbio Limited[1]

Chairman, Communities Future Task Force[10]

September 2009 re-elected Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology (QUT)[10]

January 2011 Appointed Chairman of the Flood Response Review Board in Brisbane[11] [12]

External links

|-|-|-

Notes and References

  1. http://www.panbio.com.au/download/CEO%20Extended%20Medical%20Leave%20Aug%2006.pdf CEO on extended medical leave
  2. http://www.energex.com.au/about_energex/about_energex_board.html Board of directors
  3. http://amf.net.au/about/australian-multicultural-foundation/ Members and Staff
  4. http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/qld/content/2003/s900083.htm Farewell to Queensland’s 23rd Governor
  5. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/907874 National Medal
  6. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/879412 Officer of the Order of Australia
  7. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1115249 Centenary Medal
  8. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/885195 Companion of the Order of Australia
  9. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1130959 The Royal Victorian Order – Commander
  10. http://www.chancellery.qut.edu.au/chancellery/chancellor.jsp Chancellor
  11. http://www.defence-officers-in-business.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=480:majgen-retd-peter-arnison-heading-up-the-flood-response-review-board&catid=44:leadership MajGen (Ret'd) Peter Arnison Heading up the Flood Response Review Board
  12. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/weather/flood-disaster-response-under-scrutiny-20110121-19z0j.html Flood disaster response under scrutiny