- John Drewienkiewicz
Infobox Military Person
name=John Drewienkiewicz
lived=1946 -
placeofbirth=United Kingdom
placeofdeath=
caption= Major General John Drewienkiewicz
nickname=
allegiance = flagicon|United KingdomUnited Kingdom
branch =
serviceyears=1966—2001
rank=Major General
commands=
unit=
battles=
awards=CMG,Order of St Michael and St George
laterwork=Major General Karol John Drewienkiewicz is a retired
British Army Major-General . Born in 1946, he joined theRoyal Engineers in 1966. He attendedSidney Sussex College, Cambridge and graduated fromCambridge University with a degree inengineering in 1970. He served for many years as an Army engineer, commanding22 Engineer Regiment , serving as secretary to the UK Chiefs of Staff and commanding theRoyal Engineers Recruit Training Brigade . He becameEngineer-in-Chief of the Army in December 1994 and was promoted to the rank of Major General. He was posted to theNATO Headquarters Allied Land Forces Central Europe (LANDCENT) inHeidelberg in 1995, subsequently becoming the headquarters'Chief of Staff when it relocated toSarajevo inBosnia and Herzegovina . He left Sarajevo in August 1997 but continued to be involved in various capacities with the Balkans, serving as Military Advisor to theHigh Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Deputy Head of theKosovo Verification Mission in the run-up to the 1999 NATO intervention in theKosovo War . He was appointed a Companion of theOrder of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1999New Year's Honours . [" [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/12/99/new_years_honours/584168.stm New Years Honours] ", BBC News, 31 December 1999] .After his return to the UK, he was appointed as the Senior Army Directing Staff at the
Royal College of Defence Studies . He retired from the Army in early 2001 and took up an academic vocation, teaching at thePearson Peacekeeping Centre inNova Scotia ,Canada and as a Visiting Fellow at theCentre of International Studies at Cambridge University. He is the current President of theCambridge University Engineers' Association .Family
John is married to Christine Elizabeth Drewienkiewicz, a senior medical writer for Choice Pharmaceutical Services. Together they have two sons. Peter Michal Charles Drewienkiewicz, born August 2, 1979, and Robert Andrew David Drewienkiewicz, born April 24, 1981. Peter currently works for UBS Investment Bank in the City of London, while Robert is employed by HSBC in Hong Kong.
References
* "Presidency". Igor Wowk, [http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/cuea/newsletters/CUEA%20E-mail%20Note%20Sep06.pdf CUEA News, September 2006]
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