Andrew Leslie

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Andrew Leslie
Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie, OMM, MSC, MSM, CD
Born	December 1957

Lieutenant-General Andrew Brooke Leslie OMM, MSC, MSM, CD (born December, 1957) is the Chief of the Land Staff and Commander Land Forces Command of the Canadian Forces.

While studying economics at the University of Ottawa, Leslie joined the 30th Field Artillery Regiment of the Canadian Forces Reserves. Leslie rose through the ranks and in 1993 assumed command of the 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, based at CFB Shilo. Leslie's father had also commanded this regiment.

In 2003 Leslie was promoted to the rank of Major General. Later that year he became Deputy Commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan, following the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. On June 15, 2006, Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie succeeded Lieutenant-General Marc Caron as Chief of the Land Staff and Commander Land Forces Command.

Camp Julien, Kabul - Major-General Andrew Leslie leads Canadian troops through laps of the camp perimeter for the first Terry Fox Run ever held in Kabul.

Commenting in the summer of 2005 on Canada's increasing military presence in Afghanistan, General Leslie stated: "Afghanistan is a 20-year venture. There are things worth fighting for. There are things worth dying for. There are things worth killing for." In the same speech, he stated: "Every time you kill an angry young man overseas, you're creating 15 more who will come after you."

In December, 2006, he was made a Commander of the Legion of Merit of the United States of America.

He is a grandson of Canadian General and former Chief of General Staff Andrew MacNaughton.