Rex Hunt Politician

Sir Rex Masterman Hunt, CMG (29 June 1926 – 11 November 2012) was a Royal Air Force pilot, British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor, Commander-in-Chief and Vice Admiral of the Falkland Islands (and concurrent High Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory) between 1980 and September 1985. Hunt became a household name during the Falklands War after the Argentine invasion of the islands, when he was briefly taken prisoner and temporarily removed from his position.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 26, 1926
Date of deathNovember 11, 2012
Education
St Peter's College Oxford

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Politician

military operations
World War II
military rank
Flight lieutenant
military unit
No. 26 Squadron RAF
No. 5 Squadron RAF
monarch
Elizabeth II
successor
Mario Benjamín Menéndez
Gordon Wesley Jewkes

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