Tony Negus
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Tony Negus
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO|APM}}
| image = Tony Negus 2015.jpg
| caption = Negus in Canada, March 2015
|office = High Commissioner of Australia to Canada
|term_start = 15 January 2015
|term_end = 30 November 2017
|primeminister = Tony Abbott
Malcolm Turnbull
|predecessor = Louise Hand
|successor = Natasha Smith
| order1 = Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police
| term_start1 = 7 September 2009
| term_end1 = 7 September 2014
| predecessor1 = Mick Keelty
| successor1 = Andrew Colvin
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Cowra, New South Wales, Australia {{citation needed|date=February 2016}}
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| profession = Diplomat and police officer
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Tony William Negus {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO|APM}} is an Australian diplomat and retired police officer who was the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), being sworn in on 7 September 2009 for a five-year term.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2009/s2679061.htm|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|title=new AFP Commissioner Sworn in|accessdate=18 January 2015}} He was the sixth Commissioner of the AFP{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,26037636-29277,00.html?from=public_rss|title=Mick Keelty replacement Tony Negus sworn in|publisher=News Limited|accessdate=18 January 2015}} and the second appointed from within the AFP.{{cite web|url=http://www.afpa.org.au/read/435.html|publisher=Australian Federal Police Association|title=AFPA WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF AFP COMMISSIONER TONY NEGUS APM|accessdate=18 January 2015}} On 1 December 2014, he was appointed Australian High Commissioner to Canada, effective on 15 January 2015.{{cite web|url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2014/jb_mr_141201.aspx|title=Australian High Commissioner to Canada|accessdate=18 January 2015}}
Education
Negus holds a master's degree in Public Policy and Administration, and a Graduate Diploma in Executive Leadership. At Harvard University he has completed the Executive Leadership Program.{{cite web|url=http://www.pm.gov.au/node/6183|publisher=Office of the Prime Minister of Australia|title=Australian Federal Police Commissioner sworn in|accessdate=18 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afp.gov.au/media_releases/national/2009/tony_negus_apm|title=Tony Negus APM|publisher=Australian Federal Police|accessdate=18 January 2015}}
Career
Negus started his law enforcement career in traffic operations{{cite web|url=http://www.pm.gov.au/node/6184|publisher=Office of the Prime Minister of Australia|title=Swearing in of Tony Negus as Commissioner of Australian Federal Police|accessdate=18 January 2015}} in Canberra in 1982, and later as a detective in the Australian Capital Territory. He worked in community policing, federal investigations, human resources, and protection as well as in national operations in Brisbane, Sydney, and Canberra.
In June 2005, Negus was awarded the Australian Police Medal (APM).[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1136443 Australian Police Medal], 13 June 2005; accessed 18 January 2015. One year later, in July 2006, Negus was appointed National Manager of Human Resources, with responsibility for learning and development, professional standards, and people strategies. Before he was appointed as Commissioner of the AFP he had been Deputy Commissioner Operations since October 2007, where he had responsibility for border operations, economic and special operations, forensics and data centres, high technology crime operations, internal liaison networks, and international deployments.
He stepped down from his role as Commissioner at the end of his term in September 2014 and was replaced by his former deputy Andrew Colvin.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-27/tony-negus-to-step-down-as-afp-boss/5555698|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|title=AFP Commissioner Tony Negus to step down from top job in September|accessdate=18 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-01/pm-announces-andrew-colvin-as-new-afp-commissioner/5781796|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|title=Tony Abbott announces new AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin|accessdate=18 January 2015}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091015184200/http://www.afp.gov.au/about/our_organisation/executive_structure/commissioner.html AFP Police Commissioner official website]; accessed 18 January 2015
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150119030708/http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/law-enforcers/tony-negus Profile], thepowerindex.com.au; accessed 18 January 2015
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Category:Harvard Business School alumni
Category:Commissioners of the Australian Federal Police
Category:High commissioners of Australia to Canada
Category:People from the Australian Capital Territory
Category:People from New South Wales
Category:Officers of the Order of Australia
Category:Recipients of the Australian Police Medal