Peter Cosgrove
| Peter Cosgrove | |
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| Australiens 26. generalguvernør | |
| Embedsperiode 28. marts 2014 – 1. juli 2019 | |
| Monark | Elizabeth 2. |
| Premierminister | |
| Foregående | Quentin Bryce |
| Efterfulgt af | David Hurley |
| Personlige detaljer | |
| Født | 28. juli 1947 Sydney, New South Wales, Australien |
| Uddannelsessted | Royal Military College Duntroon University of Queensland |
| Religion | Romerskkatolsk |
| Informationen kan være hentet fra Wikidata. | |
| Australien |
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| Udøvende • Monark (Elizabeth 2.) |
| Lovgivende • Parlament Dømmende |
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Peter John Cosgrove (født 28. juli 1947 i Sydney) er en australsk general, der var Australiens generalguvernør fra 2014 til 2019. Han var chef for den internationale styrke INTERFET i Østtimor og var Australiens forsvarschef fra 2002 til 2005. Under sin militærkarriere deltog han i Vietnamkrigen, for sin indsats med angreb på fjendtlige stillinger blev han tildelt Military Cross.[1]
Den 28. januar 2014 annoncerede Australiens premierminister Tony Abbott, at Cosgrove skulle overtage posten som generalguvernør i Australien efter Quentin Bryce.[2] Bryces periode udløb i marts 2014.[3] Cosgrove blev indsat som generalguvernør i Canberra 28. marts 2014.[4] Den 1. juli 2019 blev han afløst af David Hurley.
Referencer
- ^ «General Cosgrove», Australian War Memorial.
- ^ «General Peter Cosgrove named Australia's next governor-general», The Sydney Morning Herald, 28. januar 2014.
- ^ «Peter Cosgrove named as next governor-general, will replace Quentin Bryce in March», ABC, 28. januar 2014.
- ^ «Sir Peter Cosgrove declares Australia a 'work in progress', as he's sworn in as the nation's 26th Governor-General», The Sydney Morning Herald , 28. mars 2014.
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia granted by Royal Warrant signed by King George V on 19 September 1912.
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| “ | Quarterly of six, the first quarter Argent a Cross Gules charged with a Lion passant guardant between on each limb a Mullet of eight points Or; the second Azure five Mullets, one of eight, two of seven, one of six and one of five points of the first (representing the Constellation of the Southern Cross) ensigned with an Imperial Crown proper; the third of the first a Maltese Cross of the fourth, surmounted by a like Imperial Crown; the fourth of the third, on a Perch wreathed Vert and Gules an Australian Piping Shrike displayed also proper; the fifth also Or a Swan naiant to the sinister Sable; the last of the first, a Lion passant of the second, the whole within a Bordure Ermine; for the Crest on a Wreath Or and Azure A Seven-pointed Star Or, and for Supporters dexter a Kangaroo, sinister an Emu, both proper. | ” |
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Sir Peter Cosgrove, Governor-General of Australia
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