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David Hurley

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General David John Hurley, (born 26 August 1953) is an Australian former senior officer in the Australian Army who served as the 27th governor-general of Australia from 2019 to 2024. He was previously the 38th governor of New South Wales from 2014 to 2019. In a 42-year military career, Hurley deployed on Operation Solace in Somalia in 1993, commanded the 1st Brigade (1999–2000), was the inaugural Chief of Capability Development Group (2003–2007) and Chief of Joint Operations (2007–2008) and served as Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2008–2011). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Hurley has received more than 1,346,501 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). David Hurley is the 7,976th most popular politician (up from 10,228th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Australia (up from 87th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Hurley ranks 7,976 out of 19,576. Before him are Gytha of Wessex, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Goukouni Oueddei, Achille Van Acker, Willi Münzenberg, and Yahya Jammeh. After him are Fang Xuanling, Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, Aristomenes, Magdalena of France, Muhammad XIII of Granada, and Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, David Hurley ranks 106. Before him are Ulrich Mühe, Jeb Bush, Aleksandr Akimov, Nan Goldin, Rick Moranis, and James Remar. After him are Laurentino Cortizo, Periko Alonso, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Robert Davi, David Berkowitz, and Riccardo Chailly.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, David Hurley ranks 65 out of 1,143. Before him are John Newcombe (1944), Cassandra Harris (1948), Michael Hutchence (1960), Ken Rosewall (1934), Annette Kellermann (1887), and Nellie Melba (1861). After him are Harold Holt (1908), Colin Burgess (1946), Raymond Dart (1893), John Howard (1939), Peter Sculthorpe (1929), and Bryan Brown (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, David Hurley ranks 2. Before him are Gough Whitlam (1916). After him are Harold Holt (1908), John Howard (1939), Anthony Albanese (1963), John Curtin (1885), Edmund Barton (1849), Bob Hawke (1929), Kevin Rudd (1957), Robert Menzies (1894), Bill Hayden (1933), and Peter Scully (1963).

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