Maurice Baril

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J.G. Maurice Baril
Born in 1943
Place of birth	Saint-Albert-de-Warwick, Quebec
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Canadian Army-Canadian Forces Land Force Command-Canadian Forces
Years of service	1963-2001
Rank	General
Unit	Royal 22^e Régiment
Commands held	Chief of the Defense Staff, Head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, (United Nations), Commander, CTC Gagetown
Battles/wars	Cyprus
Awards	Commander of the Order of Military Merit Canadian Forces Decoration
Other work	Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, 2005-2007

Joseph Gérard Maurice Baril, C.M.M., CD (born September 22, 1943) is a former General in the Canadian Forces, a Military Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General & head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations from 1992 to 1997, and Chief of the Defence Staff in Canada from 1997 to 2001.

He was born in Saint-Albert-de-Warwick, Quebec in 1943 and studied at the University of Ottawa from 1961 to 1964, becoming an officer in the Canadian Army in 1963.

From 1968 to 1971, he served with The Canadian Airborne Regiment in Valcartier, Quebec and Edmonton, Alberta. He commanded land forces in Cyprus and Lahr, Germany, served at Department of National Defence headquarters in Ottawa and as Commander of the Combat Training Centre at CFB Gagetown.

He was appointed head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations [1] (DPKO) at the UN in June 1992, where he was military advisor to then under-secretary for peacekeeping operations Kofi Annan [2]. Baril was in charge of the Military Division at DPKO during the Rwandan Genocide where his countryman General Roméo Dallaire was force commander of the UNAMIR.

In September 1997, Baril was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.^[1] Baril, along with American General Henry Shelton, was a signatory to the joint Canadian-American military exercise Amalgam Virgo in June 2001.[3] Amalgam Virgo has been cited as a dress rehearsal for the Vigilant Guardian and Global Guardian war games conducted during the 9/11 attacks.[4] He retired from the Canadian Forces on July 18, 2001.

In 2002, he led the Canadian board of inquiry into the "friendly fire" incident on April 17, 2002 near Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Maurice Baril was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) in 2005, but resigned in January 2007.^[2]