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[[General (Australia)|General]] '''David John Hurley''', {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|sep=,|AC|DSC|FTSE}} (born 26 August 1953) is an Australian former senior officer in the [[Australian Army]] who has served as the 27th [[governor general of Australia]] since 1 July 2019. He was previously the 38th [[governor of New South Wales]], serving from 2014 to 2019. He was appointed by Queen Elizabeth ll on the advice of then [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] Scott Morrison.

In a 42-year military career, Hurley deployed on [[Operation Solace]] in [[Somalia]] in 1993, commanded the [[1st Brigade (Australia)|1st Brigade]] (1999–2000), was the inaugural [[Chief Capability Development Group|Chief of Capability Development Group]] (2003–2007) and [[Chief of Joint Operations (Australia)|Chief of Joint Operations]] (2007–2008) and served as [[Vice Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)|Vice Chief of the Defence Force]] (2008–2011). His career culminated with his appointment as [[Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)|Chief of the Defence Force]] on 4 July 2011, in succession to Air Chief Marshal [[Angus Houston]].<ref name=cdf>{{Cite news |first=James |last=Massola |title=David Hurley is made new defence force chief as part of sweeping renewal of top brass |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/david-hurley-is-made-new-defence-force-chief-as-part-of-sweeping-renewal-of-top-brass/story-e6frg8yo-1226067082383 |work=The Australian |publisher=News Limited |date=1 June 2011 |access-date=9 June 2011}}</ref> Hurley retired from the army in June 2014, and succeeded [[Marie Bashir|Dame Marie Bashir]] as Governor of New South Wales on 2 October 2014.