Michael Jeffery (politician)

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Michael Jeffery (2006)

Philip Michael Jeffery , AC , CVO , MC (born December 12, 1937 in Wiluna , Western Australia , † December 18, 2020 ) was an Australian politician and the country's 24th Governor General from 2003 to 2008 .

Military career

Michael Jeffery went to Canberra at the age of 16 to attend the Royal Military College Duntroon . After graduating in 1958, he served in a regiment stationed in Perth before being sent to the Malay Peninsula and Borneo in 1962 . After a brief return to Perth in 1965, he was sent to Papua New Guinea from 1966 to 1969 . During the mission that followed in Vietnam , he was awarded the Military Cross . In 1972 he was allowed to attend Staff Collegevisit the British Army in Camberley and was then with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel , as a battalion commander , to Wewak, Papua New Guinea added.

Now a Colonel , he returned to Perth in 1976 to command the regiment in which he began his military career. From 1981 to 1983, he served as a brigadier in the Department of Defense , before heading a brigade stationed in Sydney . In 1985 he received further training at the Royal College of Defense Studies in London . He was then promoted to major general and commander of a division . From 1989 he was finally a member of the General Staff of the Australian Army.

Governor of Western Australia and Governor General of Australia

On November 1, 1993, he was sworn in as governor of the Australian state of Western Australia . He held this office for seven years until 2000.

Jeffery was nominated as Governor General on June 22, 2003 by then Australian Prime Minister John Howard and was sworn into office on August 11 of the same year. The Governor of Queensland , Quentin Bryce , sparked Jeffery on 5 September 2008 as the first woman in the office of Governor General from.

Private

Jefferey was married to Marlena Kerr in the late 1960s and had three sons and a daughter with her.

Web links

Commons : Michael Jeffery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Former governor-general, gentleman and 'great Australian' Michael Jeffery dies. In: Canberra Times. December 18, 2020, accessed December 18, 2020 .
  2. ^ Minutes of the press conference by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ( Memento of July 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Jeffery, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jeffery, Philip Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian politician; 24th Governor General of the country (2003-2008)
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiluna , Western Australia
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 2020