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Duncan Lewis was born on 3 August, 1953, is an Australian military officer, diplomat and intelligence chief. Discover Duncan Lewis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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1953

Major General Duncan Edward Lewis (born 3 August 1953) is an Australian military officer, diplomat and intelligence chief.

1975

Duncan Lewis graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1975.

Following graduation, he was assigned to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New South Wales and a Graduate Diploma in Defence Studies and Management from Deakin University.

He attended the British Army Staff College, Camberley and the US Army War College.

1990

During his military career, Lewis served three postings with the Special Air Service Regiment, later commanding the Regiment from 1990 to 1991.

For this service, Lewis was decorated with the Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC).

1994

From 1994 to 1996, Lewis was Australian Army Attache in Jakarta, and during the INTERFET period he was appointed the Australian Defence Force (ADF) spokesman on East Timor.

2000

Lewis was promoted to brigadier in January 2000 and appointed Commander Sector West UNTAET in East Timor, where he commanded Australian and New Zealand forces.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for his accomplishments with the unit.

2002

He is a retired Australian Army officer, and formerly Special Operations Commander Australia (2002–2004), National Security Adviser, and Secretary of the Department of Defence.

Lewis assumed his appointment as Commander Special Forces in January 2001, and was promoted to the rank of major general on 19 December 2002.

2005

In the Australia Day Honours of 2005, Lewis was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.

Subsequent to his retirement from the army in 2005, Lewis joined the Australian Public Service and was appointed to the position of First Assistant Secretary of the National Security Division in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

2008

In December 2008 he began serving as National Security Adviser to the Rudd Labor Government.

2011

On 5 August 2011 it was announced that he would be appointed the Secretary of the Australian Department of Defence, (SECDEF), effective early September.

Lewis was the first former military officer to be appointed to this position.

2012

On 17 September 2012 it was announced that Lewis had been appointed Australia's ambassador to Belgium, the European Union, Luxembourg and NATO, and would leave the Department of Defence on 10 October.

While newspaper reports suggested that Lewis was unhappy with the government's cuts to defence spending, he stated that "notwithstanding media reporting, I have not been forced out of my current position and I am not departing defence for any reason other than to take up this ambassadorial posting at the request of the prime minister".

2014

From 2014 to 2019, he was the Director-General of Security of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).

Prior to that appointment, he held the post of Australian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

On 15 May 2014, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Attorney-General George Brandis issued a joint media release announcing that Lewis was to stand down as Ambassador to Belgium, the EU, Luxembourg and NATO, and would be appointed as Director-General of Security (the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Australia's domestic intelligence agency) following the retirement of David Irvine in September 2014.

In this role he was one of the architects of a new "Push Back" policy to counter Chinese influence in Australia.

2019

Lewis retired on 15 September 2019, and was replaced by Mike Burgess, the former director-general of the Australian Signals Directorate.