The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom provides Higher Education for personnel in the British Armed Forces, Civil Service, Other Government Departments and service personnel from other nations. The Director General of the Defence Academy is Peter Watkins, a UK civil servant and former Director Operational Policy in the MOD 2008-2011. The immediately previous Director General of the Defence Academy was Lieutenant-General Andrew Graham CBE who took up his post on 30 May 2008.
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