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    David Petraeus

    U.S. Army general and public official (born 1952)

    "Petraeus" redirects here. For other uses, see Petraeus (disambiguation).

    David Howell Petraeus (; born 7 November 1952) is a retired United States Armygeneral and public official. He served as the fourth director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 2011,[3] until his resignation in November 2012.[4] Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus served 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and commander, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A) from July 2010 to July 2011. His other four-star assignments include serving as the 10th commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) from October 2008 to June 2010, and as commanding general, Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) from February 2007 to September 2008.[5] As commander of MNF-I, Petraeus oversaw all coaliti

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    Gen. David Petraeus

    Commander of U.S. huvud Command

    "U.S. Army General David H. Petraeus assumed the post of Commander, United States Central Command, on Oct. 31, 2008.

    General Petraeus relinquished command of Multi-National Force - Iraq on 16 September 2008 after more than 19 months at the helm of the coalition forces in Iraq. Prior to his tour as MNF-I Commander, he commanded the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth. Before that assignment, he was the first commander of the Multi-National säkerhet Transition Command-Iraq, which he led from June 2004 to September 2005, and the NATO Training Mission- Iraq, which he commanded from October 2004 to September 2005.

    That deployment to Iraq followed his command of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), during which he led the “Screaming Eagles” in combat throughout the first year of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His command of the 101st followed a year deployed on Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia, where he was the Assis

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    General (Ret.) David H. Petraeus AO delivered the 2015 Lowy Lecture.



     

    Gen. Petraeus served over 37 years in the United States military.  He culminated his military career with six general officer commands, five of which were in combat, including as commander of coalition forces in Iraq from 2007-2008, commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan from 2010-2011, and commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the regional command responsible for U.S. military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia.  He subsequently served from 2011 to 2012 as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Gen. Petraeus is considered the leading architect of the “surge” in Iraq, which he led while commander in Baghdad for 19 months, and which is credited with dramatically reducing the violence in that country.  A “soldier-scholar” with a Ph.D. in international relations from Princeton University, Gen. Petraeus was also a leading propon

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