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Walt Natynczyk

General (retired)
Walter Natynczyk
CMM MSC CD
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9th Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs
Assumed office
November 3, 2014
Minister
Preceded by Mary Chaput
President of the Canadian Space Agency
In office
August 6, 2013 – November 3, 2014
Minister James Moore
Preceded by
Succeeded by Luc Brûlé (interim)
16th Chief of the Defence Staff
In office
2008–2012
Minister Peter MacKay
Preceded by Rick Hillier
Succeeded by Thomas J. Lawson
20th Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
In office
2006–2008
Commander Rick Hillier
Preceded by Ronald Buck
Succeeded by Denis Rouleau
Personal details
Born (1957-10-29) October 29, 1957 (age 59)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Alma mater
Awards
Military service
Service/branch Canadian Army
Years of service 1975–2012
Rank General
Battles/wars

Walter John "Walt" Natynczyk, CMM MSC CD (pronounced /nəˈtɪn.t͡ʃək/, na-tin-chick) is a retired Canadian Army general who has served as Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs since 2014. He was the President of the Canadian Space Agency from 2013 to 2014 and Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces from 2008 to 2012.

Both Polish-Canadian and German-Canadian, he was born to a family of European emigrants from war-ravaged Europe: Polish father (who was a soldier in Polish Army during World War II ) and German mother on October 29, 1957 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he grew up along with his two sisters, he worked as a Winnipeg Free Press paperboy and a hamburger flipper at a fast food establishment. Before joining the regular Canadian Army, Natynczyk spent five years in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.

Natynczyk joined the Canadian Forces in August 1975. He attended Royal Roads Military College and Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, graduating in 1979 with a degree in Business Administration. His formative years were spent on NATO duty in West Germany with The Royal Canadian Dragoons in troop command and staff appointments.


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