Maureen O'Brien | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Photo_Review_2009_(4192581741)_(cropped).jpg) O'Brien as a Commandant (right) with then-Defence Minister Willie O'Dea before deploying to Chad in 2009 | |
| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Galway, Ireland |
| Allegiance |  Ireland |
| Service | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Badge_of_the_Irish_Defence_Forces.svg){kind=small} Army&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Defense_Forces_Infantry_Flag_(Ireland).svg){kind=small} Infantry Corps |
| Years of service | 1981–present |
| Rank | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Ireland-Army-OF-7_camo.svg){kind=small} Major General (OF-7) |
| Commands | Deputy Force Commander UNDOF Director J6 Officer Commanding 27 Infantry Battalion Deputy Commander 100 Inf Bn MINURCAT |
Major General Maureen O'Brien is an Irish Army general and current Deputy Military Advisor in the United Nations Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations.[1] O'Brien had previously been Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights from September 2019 to March 2021 (and Acting Force Commander from October 2019 to July 2020).[1]
O'Brien has completed 8 overseas missions, including serving in Lebanon, Western Sahara, East Timor, Sarajevo (OSCE) and Chad, and is the first female promoted to the rank of general in the history of the Irish Defence Forces.
- ^ a b "Press Release - Ireland's first female Brigadier General Maureen O'Brien appointed by the United Nations as Deputy Military Advisor in the Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations". Department of Defence. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.