Peter Arnison

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Major General The Honourable Peter Arnison AC, CVO
23rd Governor of Queensland
In office 29 July 1997 – 29 July 2003
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Premier	Rob Borbidge Peter Beattie
Preceded by	Leneen Forde
Succeeded by	Quentin Bryce
Personal details
Born	(1940-10-21) 21 October 1940 (age 84) Lismore, New South Wales
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Australian Army
Years of service	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/wars	Vietnam War
Awards	Companion of the Order of Australia Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Major General Peter Maurice Arnison, AC, CVO (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,^[1] and is Chairman of Panbio Limited,^[2] Chairman of the Centre for Military and Veterans' Health, Director of Energex Limited,^[3] Governor of the Queensland Community Foundation, and on the board of directors of the Australian Multicultural Foundation.^[4]