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Walter Natynczyk
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<p>Walter John Natynczyk <a href="/facts/Order_of_Canada/whrUUAHI">OC</a> <a href="/facts/Order_of_Military_Merit_(Canada)/PKvRYCG6">CMM</a> <a href="/facts/Meritorious_Service_Cross/d9V26gh0">MSC</a> <a href="/facts/Canadian_Forces%27_Decoration/XEQSxkXv">CD</a> (/nəˈtɪntʃɪk/ nə-TIN-chik; born October 29, 1957) is a Canadian public servant and retired <a href="/facts/Canadian_Army/IdccmkJo">Canadian Army</a> <a href="/facts/General_(Canada)/Bec7tJVE">general</a> who has served as <a href="/facts/Deputy_minister_(Canada)/eJ1KmD0q">Deputy Minister</a> of <a href="/facts/Veterans_Affairs_Canada/pNzr1dWF">Veterans Affairs</a> from 2014 to 2021. He was the President of the <a href="/facts/Canadian_Space_Agency/zL2njRvS">Canadian Space Agency</a> from 2013 to 2014 and <a href="/facts/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Canada)/t4YrQuvF">Chief of the Defence Staff</a> of the <a href="/facts/Canadian_Armed_Forces/bxd17dtq">Canadian Armed Forces</a> from 2008 to 2012. </p>