Colm Mangan

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Lieutenant General Colm Mangan, former Chief of Staff, Irish Defense Forces.

Mangan joined the Defence Forces as a Cadet in 1960. He is cited as having "overseen major strategic initiatives in the key areas of state defense, provision of peace support and government support services, equipment and infrastructual modernisizations programmes and human resource management."

He oversaw the successful deployment of Irish troops to East Timor (1999-2002), Kosovo (1999-), Eritrea (2001-2003 and Liberia (2003-). He was awarded the Legion of Merit by the USA in September 2003, and the Cross of Honor in Gold by Germany in January 2004. In recognition of his service to the Defense Forces and the nation, the Irish government awarded him the Distinguished Service Medal (with Honour) on Thursday 19th February 2004.