John Adams (Canadian general)
John Adams | |
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| Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Canada | |
| In office July 2005 – January 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Keith Coulter[1] |
| Succeeded by | John Forster |
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| Born | John Lawrence Adams May 31, 1942 Saint John, New Brunswick |
John Lawrence Adams, Communications Security Establishment Canada and Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence from July 2005 to January 2012. He was succeeded by John Forster.
Adams graduated from the
Major-General
.
After his retirement from the
Canadian Forces, Adams was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure and Environment, for National Defence. He left that post in 1998. From 2003 to June 2005, as Associate Deputy Minister and Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard, and from 1998 to 2003 as Assistant Deputy Minister, Marine Services and Commissioner, Canadian Coast Guard for Fisheries and Oceans Canada.[3] In 1992, he was made a Commander of the Order of Military Merit.[4] He is a recipient of Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (1977), the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal (1992), the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2002).[2] and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012).[5]
References
- ^ Great Grads - Keith Coulter
- ^ a b Canadian Who's Who Search. Grey House Publishing Canada.
- Communications Security Establishment Canada. 2008-12-02. Archived from the originalon May 29, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ "citation". 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Recipients". 11 June 2018.
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