Richard Nugee

Richard Nugee
Nugee at Kabul International Airport in October 2014
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1985 –
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held 40th Regiment Royal Artillery
Battles/wars Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
Awards Royal Victorian Order
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Legion of Merit (United States)
Relations Edward Nugee (father)
Sir Christopher Nugee (brother)

Lieutenant General Richard Edward Nugee, CVO, CBE (born 3 June 1963) is a British Army officer who serves as Chief of Defence People.

Early life and education

Nugee was born on 3 June 1963. He was educated at Radley College, an all-boys public school near Radley, Oxfordshire. He studied at Durham University (BA, 1985) and King's College London (MA, 1995).[1] He is the brother of Sir Christopher Nugee and brother-in-law of Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Emily Thornberry.[2]

Military career

Nugee was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1985.[3] He became commanding officer of 40th Regiment Royal Artillery in 2003 and was deployed to Iraq in that role.[3] Promoted to brigadier, he was deployed with Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps to Afghanistan in 2006.[3] He went on to be Director of Manning (Army) in March 2009, Director General of Army Personnel in June 2012 and Chief of Staff (Operations) in October 2013: in the latter role he was deployed as Chief of Staff, Combined Force Command, Afghanistan in November 2013.[4] He was appointed Defence Services Secretary and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel) in March 2015.[5] Nugee was awarded the US Legion of Merit on 18 March 2016 for services in Afghanistan.[6] Nugee was promoted to lieutenant general on 29 April 2016.[7] On 12 May 2016, it was announced that Nugee would become the next Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (People).[8]

References

  1. ↑ 'NUGEE, Lt Gen. Richard Edward', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 5 June 2017
  2. ↑ "Sebastian Shakespear: Family Day out for Becks Jr's ear piercing". Mail Online. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Major General Richard Nugee". Speakers for Schools. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Army appointment". The Times. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "No. 61529". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 March 2016. p. 6084.
  7. ↑ "No. 61636". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 July 2016. p. 14541.
  8. ↑ "Major General Richard Nugee appointed new Chief of Defence People". Retrieved 13 May 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Simon Williams		 Defence Services Secretary
2015–2016		 Succeeded by
Garry Tunnicliffe
Preceded by
Andrew Gregory		 Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel and Training)
2016–		 Incumbent
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