Jay Garner
| Jay Garner | |
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| Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance | |
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In office April 21, 2003 – May 12, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Saddam Hussein (as the President of Iraq) |
| Succeeded by | Paul Bremer (as Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
James Garner April 15, 1938 Arcadia, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
University of Pennsylvania Harvard University |
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| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1962–1997 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars |
Vietnam War Gulf War |
Jay Montgomery Garner (born April 15, 1938) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who was appointed in 2003 as Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq but was soon replaced by Ambassador Paul Bremer and the ambassador's successor organization to ORHA, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).
Born in Arcadia, Florida, Garner served an enlistment in the United States Marine Corps before attending the Florida State University, where he received a B.A. degree in History in 1962. He also holds a Master's in public administration from Shippensburg State University.
Commissioned as an Army second lieutenant in 1962, Garner served two tours in Vietnam, and later led two air defense units in Germany. He also served as deputy commanding general at Fort Bliss, Texas. Garner helped to develop the Patriot missile system and commanded missile batteries during the Gulf War. After the war he was put in charge of securing Kurdish areas in Iraq. He was later named commander of the U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command (working primarily on President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative missile shield program), and concluded his Army career as Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, retiring in 1997 at the rank of lieutenant general.
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