| 词条 | Chris Brown (British Army officer) |
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| name =Chris Brown | image = Chris Brown 090224-M-0975R-012.jpg | caption = Brown in 2009 | birth_date = | death_date = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch ={{army|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears =1974–2010 | rank =Lieutenant General | unit = | commands =7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery Northern Ireland | battles =Bosnian War Iraq War | awards =Commander of the Order of the British Empire | relations = | laterwork = }} Lieutenant General Christopher Charles "Chris" Brown {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} is a retired British Army officer who was the last General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland. Military careerEducated at Brentwood School and University College, Cardiff, Brown was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1974.[1] In 1994 he was appointed Commanding Officer of 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.[1] He then went to Sarajevo as Assistant Chief of Staff for the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps during the Bosnian War.[1] In 1999 he was appointed Commander Royal Artillery for 1st Armoured Division and in 2002 he became Director, Royal Artillery.[1] In 2004 he returned to Allied Rapid Reaction Corps as Chief of Staff.[1] He became the last General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland in 2008:[1] The post was downgraded to that of a Brigadier when Brown left in 2009.[2] In March 2009 he was deployed as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq[3] and in 2010 he became the Iraq Compendium Study Team Leader.[4] He retired from the Army in 2010.[5] Later lifeAfter retiring from military service, Brown worked as an advisor to the African Union on security for the 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum. He now works for the Brenthurst Foundation, an NGO, and lectures on diplomacy at the University of London.[5] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 Oxford Leverhulme Programme {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810032753/http://ccw.modhist.ox.ac.uk/events/bios/brown_c.asp |date=10 August 2011 }} {{Commons category|Chris Brown (British Army officer)}}{{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir Nick Parker}}{{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding the British Army in Northern Ireland|years=2008–2009}}{{s-aft|after=Post disbanded}}2. ^[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/army-presence-scaled-back-in-northern-ireland-1057558.html Army presence scaled back in Northern Ireland] The Independent, 8 December 2008 3. ^Royal Navy Pull-out leaves Iraq oil exposed {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430095919/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23702924-royal-navy-pull-out-leaves-iraq-oil-exposed.do |date=30 April 2010 }} Evening Standard, 3 June 2009 4. ^Whitaker's Almanack 2011 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.thebrenthurstfoundation.org/associates-Chris-Brown.htm|title=ChrisBrown|publisher=The Brenthurst Foundation|accessdate=28 August 2014}} |-{{s-bef|before=John Cooper}}{{s-ttl|title=Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq|years=March 2009 – July 2009}}{{s-aft|after=Post disbanded}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Chris}} 9 : Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Royal Artillery officers|Royal Horse Artillery officers|People educated at Brentwood School, Essex|Alumni of Cardiff University|British Army generals|Place of birth missing (living people)|Living people|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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