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Martin Dempsey

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Martin Edward "Marty" Dempsey (born 14 March 1952), is an American retired military officer who served as the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2011 to September 2015. He previously served as the 37th chief of Staff of the Army from April to September 2011. Before that, he served as Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, from December 2008 to April 2011, as Acting Commander, U.S. Central Command, from March to October 2008, as Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command, from August 2007 to March 2008, and as Commanding General, Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq (MNSTC-I), from August 2005 to August 2007. Dempsey assumed his assignment as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in October 2011, and stepped down from the Chairmanship in September 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Dempsey is the 1,878th most popular military personnel (down from 1,814th in 2024), the 8,616th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,069th in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Martin Dempsey ranks 1,878 out of 2,058. Before him are A. P. Hill, Miles Dempsey, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, Boston Corbett, Musa Gareyev, and Marcellinus. After him are Johannes Block, Mariya Smirnova, Israel Putnam, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Michael Mullen, and Adasi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Martin Dempsey ranks 455. Before him are Oswaldo Payá, Michel Sapin, Daniel Bautista, Ján Kubiš, James P. Bagian, and Oleg Romanishin. After him are Celia Imrie, Roger Stone, Joseph Werth, Rachel Chagall, Indulis Emsis, and Frank Schwalba-Hoth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Dempsey ranks 8,619 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Frisell (1951), Harold Agnew (1921), George Voinovich (1936), William Yorzyk (1933), Havoc (1974), Hubert Sumlin (1931), and Tom Kenny (1962). After him are Jack Swagger (1982), Judith O'Dea (1945), Otto Kruger (1885), William Thompson (1908), and Ken Olsen (1926).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Martin Dempsey ranks 136. Before him are John Eisenhower (1922), James Wilkinson (1757), Richard Marcinko (1940), Richard S. Ewell (1817), George Crook (1828), and A. P. Hill (1825). After him are Israel Putnam (1718), Michael Mullen (1946), Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962), Elmo Zumwalt (1920), and James Stockdale (1923).

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