Andrew Leslie | |
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Chief Government Whip | |
In office November 20, 2015 – January 29, 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | John Duncan |
Succeeded by | Pablo Rodriguez |
Member of Parliament for Orléans | |
In office October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Royal Galipeau |
Succeeded by | Marie-France Lalonde |
Chief of the Land Staff | |
In office June, 2006 – June, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Marc Caron |
Succeeded by | Peter Devlin |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrew Brooke Leslie December 26, 1957 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Paris Jefferson |
Awards | Commander of the Order of Military Merit Meritorious Service Cross Meritorious Service Medal Canadian Forces' Decoration Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland[1] |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Canada |
Branch/service | Land Force Command |
Rank | Lieutenant-general |
Commands | 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Chief of the Land Staff Chief of Transformation |
Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan |
Andrew Brooke Leslie PC CMM MSC MSM CD (born December 26, 1957) is a retired Canadian Forces Lieutenant-General and politician who served as the Chief of the Land Staff from 2006 to 2010 and as a Member of Parliament representing the riding of Orléans in the House of Commons, from 2015 until 2019.