Peter Arnison

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. Major General Peter Maurice Arnison, (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, Chairman of the Centre for Military and Veterans' Health, Director of Energex Limited, Governor of the Queensland Community Foundation, and on the board of directors of the Australian Multicultural Foundation.

Personal Arnison is married to Barbara.

Education, appointments, honours and awards

Bachelor of Economics January 1992 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 1994 Land Commander Australia (LCAUST) March 2001 Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) March 2002 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) December 2004 Non-executive Director, ENERGEX Limited