Peter Arnison

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.

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

Captain Peter Arnison (left) and Major Ian McFarlane of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment on their return from a battalion strength operation in Biên Hòa, Vietnam, in July 1965.

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]

Personal

Arnison is married to Barbara.^[5]

Education, appointments, honours and awards

Bachelor of Economics^[3]

D Laws University of Queensland^[1][3]

D Univ Queensland University of Technology^[1][3]

D Univ Griffith University^[1][3]

D Letters University of Southern Queensland^[1][3]

D Univ Southern Cross University^[1][3]

Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors^[1][3]

July 1977 National Medal^[6]

January 1992 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)^[7]

1994 Land Commander Australia (LCAUST)^[1][3]

June 1996 Executive Director, Allied Rubber Products^[1][3]

July 1997 Queensland’s 23rd Governor^[1][3]

January 2001 Centenary Medal^[8]

March 2001 Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)^[9]

March 2002 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)^[10]

December 2004 Non-executive Director, ENERGEX Limited^[1][3]

Chair, Network and Technical Committee, ENERGEX Limited^[3]

Member, Audit and Compliance Committee, ENERGEX Limited^[3]

Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology^[1][3]

Chairman of The Centre for Military and Veterans' Health^[1][3]

Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation^[1][3]

Chairman of Panbio Limited^[2]

Chairman, Communities Future Task Force^[1]

September 2009 re-elected Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology (QUT)^[1]

January 2011 Appointed Chairman of the Flood Response Review Board in Brisbane^[11][12]