Paul Maddison
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = Vice-Admiral
|name = Paul A. Maddison
|honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CMM|MSM|CD|size=100%|sep=,}}
|image = Paul Maddison.jpg
|caption = Vice-Admiral Paul Andrew Maddison
|office = Canadian High Commissioner to Australia
|term_start = August 2015
|term_end = May 2019
|monarch = Elizabeth II
|predecessor = Michael Small
|successor = Mark Glauser
|office1 = Chief of the Naval Staff
Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
|term_start1 = 21 July 2011
|term_end1 = June 2013
|predecessor1 = Dean McFadden
|successor1 = Mark Norman
|birth_date =
|birth_place =
|death_date =
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|allegiance = Canada
|branch = Royal Canadian Navy{{efn|Known as Canadian Forces Maritime Command until 2011}}
|serviceyears = 1975–2013
|rank = Vice-Admiral
|unit =
|commands = Royal Canadian Navy
Maritime Forces Atlantic
{{HMCS|Iroquois|DDG 280|6}}
{{HMCS|Calgary|FFH 335|6}}
|battles = Gulf War
War in Afghanistan
|mawards = Commander of the Order of Military Merit
Meritorious Service Medal
Canadian Forces' Decoration
Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)
}}
Vice-Admiral Paul Andrew Maddison, {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CMM|MSM|CD|size=100|sep=,}} is a Canadian academic, former diplomat and retired officer of the Royal Canadian Navy. He served as Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy from 22 July 2011 to 21 June 2013. He subsequently served as the High Commissioner of Canada to Australia from August 2015 until May 2019.
Career
Maddison joined the Canadian Forces in 1975.[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/VAdm+Paul+Maddison%3A+plotting+a+future+course+for+the+RCN.-a0291354701 VAdm Paul Maddison: plotting a future course for the RCN] Esprit de Corps, 1 May 2012 In 1980, he graduated from Royal Military College Saint-Jean with a Bachelor of Arts. He served on various vessels and in appointments with both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. In 1991, he deployed to the Persian Gulf with the Canadian Task Group.
From 1994 to 1996, Maddison served as Executive Officer of the frigate {{HMCS|Winnipeg|FFH 338|6}}. This was followed by his first command, {{HMCS|Calgary|FFH 335|6}}, from 1997 to 1999. From 1999 to 2002, he was posted to NORAD headquarters. From 2002 to 2004 he captained the destroyer {{HMCS|Iroquois|DDG 280|6}}, a period which included a deployment to the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea as part of Combined Task Force 151.
In 2005, Maddison's career shifted to National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, where he became Director General of Maritime Force Development and then Commander of the Standing Contingency Task Force the following year. In 2007 he became Assistant Chief of Military Personnel. In May 2008, Maddison assumed command of the navy's Atlantic fleet, Maritime Forces Atlantic, as well as Joint Task Force Atlantic, the military organization responsible for domestic operations in Atlantic Canada.[http://www.mscconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/MSC-Speaker-Bios-2012.pdf Speaker Biographies]
In August 2010, Maddison became the Assistant Chief of the Maritime Staff under Vice-Admiral Dean McFadden. Upon McFadden's retirement from the Canadian Forces on July 21, 2011, Maddison became Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy before retiring in 2013.
In June 2015, Maddison was appointed as the High Commissioner of Canada to Australia.{{Cite web |url=http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=992749 |title=Diplomatic Appointments – Canada News Centre |access-date=2016-02-01 |archive-date=2015-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807221151/http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=992749 |url-status=dead }} He relinquished the post in 2019, and was appointed the inaugural director of the University of New South Wales Defence Research Institute in Canberra, Australia.{{cite news|last=Kimber|first=Natalie|title=Paul Maddison to be Inaugural director of UNSW Defence Research Institute|url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/general/paul-maddison-be-inaugural-director-unsw-defence-research-institute|publisher=University of New South Wales|date=4 June 2019|accessdate=18 November 2020}}
Awards and decorations
Maddison's personal awards and decorations include the following:
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Category:Commanders of the Order of Military Merit (Canada)
Category:Recipients of the Meritorious Service Decoration
Category:Royal Military College Saint-Jean alumni
Category:Royal Canadian Navy officers
Category:Commanders of the Legion of Merit
Category:High commissioners of Canada to Australia