Brigadier Robert Hall was this week elected as the new chairman of Wiltshire County Council at a meeting of the full council.
He takes over the role from Judy Seager who steps down after her year in office.
Mr Hall, who lives at Manningford Abbots, near Pewsey, was educated at Repton School, the RMA Sandhurst and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he obtained a masters degree in International Relations.
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He served in the Army for 36 years in the Royal Artillery. He commanded 25 Field Regiment in Paderborn, Germany and Belfast. In his last appointment, as Brigadier Arms Control, he led the first British Arms Control Inspection under the Conventional Arms Control Treaty of, the then, USSR.
Since leaving the Army he has worked as a principal in the Civil Service at Upavon handling liaison with our Allies, as President of Wiltshire St John Ambulance for six years, and as a trustee of two service charities based in Wiltshire.
Robert Hall is married to Lorna and has two children, two step-children and two grandsons. His home was in Burbage from 1972 to 1986 and since then has lived in Manningford Abbots near Pewsey.
He has been a county councillor for the Bedwyn and Collingbourne Division since 2005. He has worked on a range of scrutiny committees and the combined fire authority. He was vice-chairman of the county council in 2007/8.
Roy While takes over as vice-chairman. He has been a county councillor since 2005 and currently represents the Melksham without Division.
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