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Andrew Robert Douglas Pringle, (born 1946) is a retired

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officer who served as president of KBR's International Government and Defence business.

Military career

Pringle attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned on 16 December 1966, as a second lieutenant in the

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. He was promoted to

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in July 1968, captain in December 1972, and major in February 1979. He undertook numerous tours in

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, for which he was appointed a

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. Promoted to

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in June 1983, he was given command of his Regiment and promoted to full

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in June 1988. Pringle was advanced to

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in 1991. Promoted to

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in July 1992, he was then given command of the 20th Armoured Brigade in 1994.Army Commands
In that role, he undertook a tour in Bosnia in 1995, for which he was awarded a

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. In 1996 he became Director of Land Warfare at the Ministry of Defence. Pringle was promoted to

major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

and appointed Commander of the Multi-National Division (South-West) of the Stabilization Force in Bosnia in November 1997; this earned him a further Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service. He then became Chief of Staff at the UK's

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in October 1998, in which role he was involved in the direction of British operations in Iraq, East Timor, Moxambique, Sierra Leone

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

and Macedonia during 1998 - 2001. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2000 New Year Honours. Pringle retired in October 2001. In March 2004 he became a Non-Executive Director of Manpower Software and,Movers and Shakers
Daily Telegraph, 26 March 2004 in April 2008, he was appointed president of KBR's International Government, Defence & Support Services business.

References

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