Michael Beary


Michael Beary

Major General Beary speaking in Lebanon as Force Commander of UNIFIL
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Allegiance Ireland
Service / branch Army
Years of service1975–2018
Rank Major general
CommandsCommander UNIFIL
Commander EUTM Somalia
GOC 2 Brigade
Director of Defence Forces Training
OC Eastern Brigade Training Centre
Battles / warsUNIFIL (Lebanon)
UNIKOM (Iraq-Kuwait)
UNPROFOR (Bosnia and Herzegovina-Croatia)
ISAF (Afghanistan)
EUTM (Somalia/Uganda)
Awards Distinguished Service Medal (with Honour)
Service Medal
UN Peacekeepers Medal
Centenary Medal
UN Medal for UNIFIL (3)
UN Medal for UNIKOM
UN Medal for UNPROFOR (2)
NATO Medal for the Balkans
NATO Medal for ISAF
CSDP Medal for EUTM Somalia
Commander of the National Order of the Cedar
Michael Beary meeting with IDF Chief of General Staff, Gadi Eizenkot, July 2017

Michael Beary (born 1956) is a retired Irish Army Major general and former head of mission and force commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Beary is the current leader of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement, having retired from the military.