Lieutenant General Colm Mangan was
Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces from September 2000 until February 2004.
Mangan joined the Defence Forces as a cadet in 1960 and is cited as having ''"overseen major strategic initiatives in the key areas of state defence, provision of peace support and government support services, equipment and infrastructual modernisations programmes and human resource management."''
He oversaw the deployment of Irish troops to
East Timor
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(1999–2002),
Kosovo
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(1999-),
Eritrea
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2001-2003 and
Liberia
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(2003-). He was awarded the
Legion of Merit by the United States in September 2003, and the
Cross of Honor in Gold by Germany in January 2004. In recognition of his service to the Defence Forces and the nation, the Irish government awarded him the
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Examples include:
*Distinguished Service Medal (Australia) (established 1991), awarded to personnel of the Australian Defence Force for distinguished leadership in action
* Distinguishe ...
(with honour) on Thursday 19 February 2004.
He was succeeded by Lt. General
James Sreenan in February 2004.
See also
*
Irish Defence Forces
References
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