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Paul Anthony Lynden Singer, is an Australian

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and naval officer serving as the 12th and current official secretary to the governor-general of Australia under Sir Peter Cosgrove since August 2018 and General David Hurley since July 2019. He is a serving officer in the

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(RANR), and formerly an active lieutenant in the

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(RAN).

Naval career

Singer enlisted in the

in January 1996 as a principal warfare officer. He served on numerous vessels including as the warfare and boarding officer onboard HMAS Anzac (2001–2003) and as the executive officer of HMAS Launceston (2003–2005). From 2005–2006 he was the course implementation officer at HMAS Cerberus. In May 2008 he transferred to active

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as a Lieutenant.

Vice regal career

In 2008, Singer took up a position at Government House as the Manager Strategic Program and Operations. He managed the 2011 Royal Visit and CHOGM. In 2015, he was appointed as the Director of Operations at Government House and ran the day to day management of the house. In 2016, he was appointed as Deputy Official Secretary and finally in 2018 as the Official Secretary. As the Official Secretary he serves as the ex-officio Secretary of the Order of Australia and secretary of the Australian Bravery Decoration Council.

Honours and awards

He was appointed a

Member of the Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or ...

(MVO) in the

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. On 19 February 2021 he was appointed an

Officer of the Order of St John The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (french: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singer, Paul Living people Australian public servants Australian Members of the Royal Victorian Order University of Sydney alumni University of New South Wales alumni Australian military personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Australian military personnel of the Iraq War Graduates of the Royal Australian Naval College Royal Australian Navy officers Year of birth missing (living people) People educated at Yarra Valley Grammar