Tony Radakin

Tony Radakin
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1990 -
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands held HMS Norfolk
Maritime Forces

Rear Admiral Anthony (Tony) David Radakin (born 10 November 1965) is a Royal Navy officer who serves as Chief of Staff, UK Joint Forces Command.

Educated at the University of Southampton (LLB, 1989) and King's College London (MA, 2000),[1] Radakin gained his commission in the Royal Navy in 1990.[2] He went on to become commanding officer of the frigate HMS Norfolk in 2003, commanding officer of the US/UK Iraqi Naval Transition Team in 2006 and commanding officer of the US/UK Task Force Iraqi Maritime in 2010,[2] before becoming commander of HMNB Portsmouth in October 2011.[3] He was appointed Director of Force Development at the Ministry of Defence in November 2012,[4] Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces in December 2014[2] and Chief of Staff, UK Joint Forces Command in March 2016.[5][4]

References

  1. ↑ ‘RADAKIN, Rear Adm. Antony David’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  2. 1 2 3 "Rear Admiral Tony Radakin" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Naval base commander seen off in style". Navy News. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Ministry of Defence and tri-service senior appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Chief Of Staff Joint Forces Command Visits The Rock". Your Gibraltar TV. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Robert Tarrant		 Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces
2014– 		Succeeded by
Alex Burton
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