UK Appoints Lt Gen Sir Ben Bathurst as New Gibraltar Governor

Lieutenant General Sir Ben Bathurst KCVO, CBE has been appointed Governor of Gibraltar in succession to Vice Admiral Sir David Steel KBE, DL. Sir Ben Bathurst will take up his appointment during June 2024.

Curriculum vitae

Full name: Benjamin John Bathurst

DatesRole
2024 to presentPre-posting activities, plus voluntary role as Army Commissioner for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2020 to 2023Brussels, UK Delegation to NATO, UK Military Representative to NATO and the EU
2016 to 2019London, Major General Commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District
2015 to 2016London, Royal College of Defence Studies
2014 to 2015Kabul, Senior British Military Representative-Afghanistan
2011 to 2014Army Headquarters, Andover, Director Training (Army)
2010 to 2011Pirbright, Commander, Initial Training Group
2008 to 2009Baghdad, Deputy Director Strategy Policy & Assessment
2006 to 2008Ministry of Defence, Director Public Relations (Army)
2004 to 2006St Athan, Wales; Maysan, Iraq; London: Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards
2003 to 2004Baghdad, Deputy Combined Joint Operations 5
2001 to 2003Ministry of Defence, NATO and EU Policy
1999 to 2001Ministry of Defence, Equipment Capability Anti-Armour Systems
1987 to 2000Appointments/Detachments from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards with 4 tours of Northern Ireland; Bosnia; Belize; Canada; Germany
1987Commissioned into Welsh Guards from Sandhurst
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