Simon Stuart (general)

Simon Stuart
Lieutenant General Stuart in 2024
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1987–present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Chief of Army (2022–) Head Land Capability (2020–22) Multinational Force and Observers (2017–19) Combined Team Uruzgan (2012–13) Joint Task Force 631 (2010) 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2008–10)
Battles/wars	International Force East Timor United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor Operation Astute War in Afghanistan Operation Mazurka
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia Distinguished Service Cross Medal of Merit (Timor-Leste) Bronze Star Medal (United States) 18 May 1811 Medal (Uruguay) Defence Cooperation Medal (Japan) Army Meritorious Service Star, First Class (Indonesia)

Lieutenant General Simon Andrew Stuart, AO, DSC is a senior officer of the Australian Army who has served as the Chief of Army since July 2022. He was commissioned into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1990. He has commanded the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2008–10), Joint Task Force 631 (2010) and Combined Team Uruzgan (2012–13), and deployed to East Timor as part of Operations Warden, Tanager and Astute and to Afghanistan and the Sinai Peninsula. He was Force Commander, Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai from 2017 to 2019, and Head Land Capability from 2020 to 2022. He succeeded Lieutenant General Rick Burr as Chief of Army on 2 July 2022.