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David Hurley

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David John Hurley (born 26 August 1953) is an Australian former senior officer in the Australian Army who served as the 27th governor-general of Australia from 2019 to 2024. He was previously the 38th governor of New South Wales from 2014 to 2019. In a 42-year military career, Hurley deployed on Operation Solace in Somalia in 1993, commanded the 1st Brigade (1999–2000), was the inaugural Chief of Capability Development Group (2003–2007) and Chief of Joint Operations (2007–2008) and served as Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2008–2011). His career culminated with his appointment as Chief of the Defence Force on 4 July 2011, in succession to Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Hurley is the 13,588th most popular politician (down from 7,975th in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Australia (down from 66th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Australian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Hurley ranks 13,588 out of 19,576. Before him are Arnold Koller, Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov, Luis Eduardo Pérez, Bernhard Hammer, Marcus Valerius Messalla Appianus, and Ahmed Vefik Pasha. After him are Dawud Pasha of Baghdad, Constance Markievicz, Jan Klemens Branicki, Johann Georg Hiedler, Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov, and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, David Hurley ranks 268. Before him are Stanley Williams, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Mark Frost, Robert Zoellick, Eric Bogosian, and Martin Kippenberger. After him are Dalila Di Lazzaro, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Robert Picardo, Riek Machar, Ernest Bai Koroma, and Neda Arnerić.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, David Hurley ranks 174 out of 1,143. Before him are John Williams (1941), Bob Morley (1984), J. L. Mackie (1917), Bob Hawke (1929), Paul England (1929), and Yvonne Strahovski (1982). After him are William Jones (null), Brian McGuire (1945), James Anderson (1894), James Wolfensohn (1933), Mae Busch (1891), and Joel Edgerton (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, David Hurley ranks 14. Before him are Edmund Barton (1849), Kevin Rudd (1957), John Curtin (1885), Alfred Deakin (1856), Robert Menzies (1894), and Bob Hawke (1929). After him are Stanley Bruce (1883), Malcolm Fraser (1930), Gerald Patterson (1895), Malcolm Turnbull (1954), Quentin Bryce (1942), and Peter Scully (1963).

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