Lewis MacKenzie
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Major-General Lewis MacKenzie, C.M., CMM, MSC (and bar), O.Ont , CD, (born April 30, 1940) is a retired Canadian general and writer. MacKenzie is most famous for his time as Chief of Staff for the United Nations Protection Force or UNPROFOR in Yugoslavia in 1992.
MacKenzie was born in Truro, Nova Scotia.
MacKenzie retired from Canadian Forces in 1993, after serving 33 years. He wrote a book, Peacekeeper: Road to Sarajevo as a personal account of his peacekeeping experiences in Sarajevo, and has commented frequently on military and security concerns.
In the 1997 federal election, MacKenzie was Progressive Conservative candidate for Parliament for the central Ontario riding of Parry Sound—Muskoka. Tory leader Jean Charest suggested that if their party won power, MacKenzie would become Deputy Prime Minister, but the Tories did not win power, and MacKenzie lost the election, placing second to Liberal incumbent Andy Mitchell.
In 2005, following the appointment of Roméo Dallaire as a Liberal senator, MacKenzie wrote an editorial in the Globe and Mail entitled "Roméo, Roméo, wherefore art thou partisan?" arguing that Dallaire had compromised his previous stance by endorsing the Liberal Party's position on intervention.
In 2006, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
