Richard Nugee

Richard Nugee
Nugee at Kabul International Airport in October 2014
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1985 –
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	40th Regiment Royal Artillery
Battles/wars	Iraq War War in Afghanistan
Awards	Royal Victorian Order Commander of the Order of the British Empire Legion of Merit (United States)
Relations	Sir Christopher Nugee (brother)

Lieutenant General Richard Edward Nugee, CVO, CBE (born 3 June 1963) is a British Army officer who serves as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (People).

Nugee was born on 3 June 1963. He was educated at Radley College, an all-boys public school near Radley, Oxfordshire. He studied at Durham University (BA, 1985) and King's College London (MA, 1995). He is the brother of Sir Christopher Nugee and brother-in-law of Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Emily Thornberry.

Nugee was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1985. He became commanding officer of 40th Regiment Royal Artillery in 2003 and was deployed to Iraq in that role. Promoted to brigadier, he was deployed with Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps to Afghanistan in 2006. He went on to be Director of Manning (Army) in March 2009, Director General of Army Personnel in June 2012 and Chief of Staff (Operations) in October 2013: in the latter role he was deployed as Chief of Staff, Combined Force Command, Afghanistan in November 2013. He was appointed Defence Services Secretary and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel) in March 2015. Nugee was awarded the US Legion of Merit on 18 March 2016 for services in Afghanistan. Nugee was promoted to lieutenant general on 29 April 2016. On 12 May 2016, it was announced that Nugee would become the next Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (People).