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{{Short description|British admiral (born 1958)}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2014}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name          = Sir George Zambellas
| image         = First Sea Lord Admiral Sir George Zambellas KCB DSC ADC MOD 45155508.jpg
| caption       = Admiral Sir George Zambellas
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|04|04}}
| birth_place   = [[Swansea]], Wales
| allegiance    = United Kingdom
| branch        = [[Royal Navy]]
| serviceyears  = 1980–2016
| rank          = [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]]
| servicenumber = C029289H
| commands      = [[First Sea Lord]]<br/>[[Fleet Commander]]<br/>[[Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces|Commander UK Maritime Forces]]<br/>{{HMS|Chatham|F87|6}}<br/>{{HMS|Argyll|F231|6}}<br/>{{HMS|Cattistock|M31|6}}
| battles       = [[British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War|Operation Palliser]]
| awards        = [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Cross]]
| alma_mater    = [[University of Southampton]]
| laterwork     = [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]]<br/>[[Deputy Lieutenant]] for [[Dorset]]<br/>[[Warden]] of the [[Shipwrights' Company]]
}}
[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Sir George Michael Zambellas''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCB|DSC|ADC|DL|FRAeS}} (born 4 April 1958)<ref name=whoswho/> is a British retired [[Royal Navy]] [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]]. He served as [[First Sea Lord|First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff]] from April 2013<ref name=":0" /> before handing over duties to Admiral [[Philip Jones (Royal Navy officer)|Sir Philip Jones]] in April 2016.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/april/08/160408-new-first-sea-lord|title=Admiral Sir Philip Jones takes over as First Sea Lord|publisher=Royal Navy|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref>

In his early career Zambellas served as a helicopter pilot with [[814 Naval Air Squadron]], [[829 Naval Air Squadron]] and then [[815 Naval Air Squadron]].<ref name="whoswho" /> As Captain of {{HMS|Chatham|F87|6}} he was deployed as part of [[British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War|Operation Palliser]] off [[Sierra Leone Civil War|Sierra Leone]], for which he received the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Cross]] in 2001.<ref name="dsc" /> He went on to be [[Fleet Commander]] and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff in early 2012.<ref name=":2" /> In June 2024, he was appointed to the ancient honorary office of [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]].<ref name="LordWarden" /><ref name="LordWarden2">{{London Gazette |issue=64443 |date=25 June 2024 |page=12350 |nolink=yes}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born at [[Swansea]], [[Wales]], the son of a [[Greeks|Greek]] father, Michael George Zambellas and Rosemary Frederique ''née'' Lindsay,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=HMLNpVp%2BkawF8DZxZbE5Dw&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=23 July 2016|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> Zambellas was educated at Shabani Primary School and [[Peterhouse Boys' School|Peterhouse School]] in [[Southern Rhodesia]] (now [[Zimbabwe]]), then at [[Stowe School]].<ref name=whoswho/> He read Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at the [[University of Southampton]], graduating in 1980 with a [[Bachelor of Science]] (BSc) degree.<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon| title=Zambellas, Adm. Sir George (Michael) | id = U245697 | year = 2015 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245697 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Kettlessirgeorgezambellas.jpg|thumb|Sculpture of Admiral Zambellas by [[Stephen Kettle]]]]

Zambellas was commissioned as an [[acting sub-lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Navy]] on 17 September 1980.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49251 |date=1 February 1983|page=1500 |supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to lieutenant on 16 May 1982<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=48976 |date=11 May 1982|page=6288 |supp=y}}</ref> and served with [[814 Naval Air Squadron]], [[829 Naval Air Squadron]] and [[815 Naval Air Squadron]] in his early career.<ref name=whoswho/>

Zambellas was trained for the Naval Staff at [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich|Greenwich]] in 1990,<ref name=whoswho/> and after spending a short time as a corporate planner for the Royal Navy's manpower and training division within the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]], he took command of the [[Minesweeper (ship)|mine-sweeper]] {{HMS|Cattistock|M31|6}} in 1991.<ref name=whoswho/> His next appointment was ashore, as an aviation operations officer in the [[Northwood Headquarters|Fleet Headquarters at Northwood]], before being promoted to [[commander]] on 30 June 1994.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=53724 |date=5 July 1994|page=9603 |supp=y}}</ref> In 1995 he was given command of the [[frigate]] {{HMS|Argyll|F231|6}} and was deployed on counter-narcotics operations in the [[Caribbean]].<ref name=whoswho/>

Zambellas served as a corporate planner during the 1997–98 [[Strategic Defence Review]]<ref name=whoswho/> before returning to operational command in 1999 as [[Captain (Royal Navy)|captain]] of the frigate {{HMS|Chatham|F87|6}} and being deployed as part of [[British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War|Operation Palliser]] off [[Sierra Leone Civil War|Sierra Leone]] for which he received the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Cross]] in 2001.<ref name=dsc>{{London Gazette |issue=56168 |date=6 April 2001|page=4246 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1315396/No-medal-for-SAS-man-killed-in-hostage-rescue.html |title=No medal for SAS man killed in hostage rescue|publisher= The Telegraph|date= 6 April 2001|access-date=27 January 2013}}</ref> In 2001 he took the Higher Command and Staff Course at [[Defence Academy of the United Kingdom|Shrivenham]] before becoming Deputy [[Flag Officer Sea Training (United Kingdom)|Flag Officer Sea Training]], responsible for training Royal Navy and foreign warships and auxiliaries.<ref name=whoswho/>
[[File:Admiral Sir George Zambellas - Chatham House 2012.jpeg|thumb|right|Zambellas speaking at [[Chatham House]] in 2012]]
Promoted to [[Commodore (Royal Navy)|commodore]] in 2002, Zambellas was appointed to be principal staff officer to the [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence staff]] and served Admiral [[Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce|Sir Michael Boyce]] and General [[Michael Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham|Sir Michael Walker]] during the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]] and [[Iraq War|the early days of its fallout]].<ref name=whoswho/> He was given command of the Royal Navy's Amphibious Task Group in January 2005.<ref name=whoswho/>

Promoted as [[Rear Admiral (Royal Navy)|rear admiral]] on 29 August 2006<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58095 |date=12 September 2006|page=12407 |supp=y}}</ref> and appointed Chief of Staff ([[Allied Command Transformation|Transformation]]),<ref name=whoswho/> Zambellas was in this role entrusted with "designing and delivering the Fleet's new approach to the generation of maritime capability and support to operations."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defencemanagement.com/article.asp?id=267&content_name=Marine&article=7977 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121085728/http://www.defencemanagement.com/article.asp?id=267&content_name=Marine&article=7977 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2013 |title=Making a change |publisher=Defence Management Journal, Issue 37 |access-date=27 January 2013 }}</ref> In 2007, he became [[Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces|Commander of United Kingdom Maritime Force]],<ref name=whoswho/> then in October 2008, Chief of Staff (Operations) at UK [[Permanent Joint Headquarters]] at [[Northwood Headquarters|Northwood]].<ref name=whoswho/>

Promoted [[Vice Admiral (Royal Navy)|vice admiral]] on 18 January 2011,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=59679|supp=y|page=1157| date=24 January 2011}}</ref> Zambellas was appointed [[Commander-in-Chief Fleet|Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet]], Chief of Staff to [[Navy Command Headquarters]], and Chief Naval Warfare Officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenceviewpoints.co.uk/military-operations/service-appointments-october-2010 |title=Service Appointments October 2010|publisher= Defence Viewpoints|date=2 November 2010|access-date=27 January 2013}}</ref> He became [[Commander-in-Chief Fleet]] in January 2012 and was promoted [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|admiral]] on 6 January 2012.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60025 |supp=y|page=285|date=10 January 2012}}</ref> He was also double-hatted as Commander, [[Allied Maritime Command]] in January 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/george-zambellas|title=Admiral Sir George Zambellas KCB DSC ADC|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> In April 2012 his role was re-designated [[Fleet Commander]] and Deputy Chief of the Naval Service.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/About-the-Royal-Navy/Organisation/Navy-Board |title=Navy Board|publisher= Royal Navy|access-date=27 January 2012}}</ref>

Zambellas was appointed [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] (KCB) in the 2012 Birthday Honours<ref name=kcb>{{London Gazette|issue=60173 |supp=y|page=2|date=16 June 2012}}</ref> and became [[First Sea Lord]] and Chief of the Naval Staff on 9 April 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/admiral-zambellas-new-first-sea-lord |title=Admiral Zambellas new First Sea Lord|publisher= Inside Government |date=9 April 2013|access-date=9 April 2013}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/admiral-sir-george-zambellas-to-head-up-navy-and-air-marshal-sir-andrew-pulford-to-lead-raf-in-new-senior-military-appointments-8465021.html|title=Admiral Sir George Zambellas to head up Navy|work= The Independent |date=24 January 2013|access-date=6 July 2014}}</ref> As of 2015, Zambellas was paid a salary of between £180,000 and £184,999 by the department, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/492289/150K_senior_salaries.csv/preview|title=Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 – GOV.UK|date=2015-12-17|website=gov.uk|access-date=2016-03-13|archive-date=4 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504113001/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/492289/150K_senior_salaries.csv/preview|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 15 April 2014, in an [[op-ed]] article for ''the [[Daily Telegraph]]'' Zambellas laid out the case for a "No" vote at the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], stating that it would weaken British maritime defence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/10766384/Scottish-independence-would-damage-Britains-defence.html |publisher=The Telegraph|title=Scottish independence would 'damage' Britain's defence|date= 15 April 2014|access-date=15 April 2014}}</ref> Despite this, on 12 November 2014 he was publicly chastised by the UK Defence Secretary for suggesting to a [[journalist]] that the contract for Type 26 frigates may not be awarded to Scottish shipyards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/11227210/Michael-Fallon-overrules-First-Sea-Lord-over-Scottish-shipyards.html|publisher=The Telegraph|title=Michael Fallon overrules First Sea Lord over Scottish shipyards|date= 12 November 2014|access-date=12 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/article/20141027/DEFREG01/310270020/Interview-Adm-Sir-George-Zambellas-First-Sea-Lord-UK-Royal-Navy|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141113173619/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20141027/DEFREG01/310270020/Interview-Adm-Sir-George-Zambellas-First-Sea-Lord-UK-Royal-Navy|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 November 2014|publisher=Defense News|title=Zambellas interview with Defense News|date= 13 November 2014|access-date=13 November 2014}}</ref>

On 4 July 2014, Zambellas was among those attending the launch ceremony of the 70,600-tonne Royal Navy aircraft carrier [[HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08)|HMS ''Queen Elizabeth'']], the largest warship ever built in the United Kingdom, and formally named by Queen Elizabeth II.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11320008.amp/|publisher=The Argus (Brighton) |title=Aircraft Carrier Named by Queen|date= 4 July 2014|access-date=6 July 2014}}</ref>

Appointed President of the [[The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society|Shipwrecked Mariners Society]] in 2017,<ref name="Argus">{{cite web |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/15114301.seafaring-charity-welcomes-new-president-to-its-headquarters/ |title=Seafaring charity welcomes new president to its headquarters |website=Argus |date=24 February 2017 |accessdate=6 March 2024}}</ref> Zambellas serves as [[Livery company#Governance|Renter Warden]] of the [[Worshipful Company of Shipwrights]] (for 2024/25).<ref>[https://www.shipwrights.co.uk/present-officers www.shipwrights.co.uk]</ref>

==Honours and awards==
[[File:Lord_Warden_Cinque_Ports_(Admiral_Sir_George_Zambellas).png|thumb|left|210x210px|Admiral Zambellas' [[Banner of arms|banner]] as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/SussexMedals/posts/pfbid0QrTxod8ta9zFeYi2euAStPpf4APg2xEvsjaAtpKYJSDYsN1Dd3VvvCof26dpLVEgl?rdid=8lAZqcfP3Mixoqsn |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>]]
Zambellas was appointed [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] (GCB) in the [[2016 New Year Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61450 |supp=y|page=N2|date=30 December 2015}}</ref> being invested at [[Windsor Castle]] with Air Chief Marshal [[Andrew Pulford|Sir Andrew Pulford]] on 13 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/april/13/160413-joint-investiture-highlights-strength-of-royal-navy-and-royal-air-force-partnership |title=Joint investiture highlights strength of Royal Navy and Royal Air Force partnership |publisher=Royal Navy |date=13 April 2016 |access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref> 

An Elder Brother of [[Trinity House]] since 2016,<ref name=whoswho/> Zambellas was admitted to the [[Estates of the realm|Freedom]] of the [[Shipwrights' Company]] in 2014 (becoming [[Warden|Renter Warden]] for 2024/25), and is an [[Honorary title|Honorary Freeman]] of the [[Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=47035 |title=Mr Chamberlain's list of applicants for the Freedom of the City |date=15 March 2016 |publisher=City of London |access-date=19 July 2016 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 

Elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society]] (FRAeS) in 2009,<ref name=whoswho /> and appointed a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] (DL) for [[Dorset]] in September 2013,<ref name="LG 1 October 2013">{{London Gazette |issue=60644 |date=1 October 2013 |page=19290 }}</ref> Zambellas serves as an [[Equerry|Extra Equerry]] to [[Charles III|King Charles III]] since 17 March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/court-circular?text=&mrf=&date%5Bmin%5D%5Bdate%5D=17%2F03%2F2022&date%5Bmax%5D%5Bdate%5D=17%2F03%2F2023&id=|title=Court Circular: 17 March 2023|website=The Royal Family}}</ref> He succeeded [[Lord Boyce]], on 20 June 2024, as [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] and [[Constable]] of [[Dover Castle]].<ref name="LordWarden">{{cite web |title=Appointment of Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-lord-warden-and-admiral-of-the-cinque-ports |website=gov.uk |access-date=21 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="LordWarden2"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8lgw7pd4do|title=Dover: Ceremony welcomes new Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports|date=30 October 2024|website=BBC News}}</ref>

{| style="margin:auto;"
| colspan="3" align="right" |[[File:Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg|115x115px]]
| colspan="3" |[[File:UK Distinguished Service Cross BAR.svg|115x115px]]
| colspan="3" |[[File:OSM for Sierra Leone BAR.svg|115x115px]]
| colspan="3" |[[File:Ribbon - Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal v3.png|115x115px]]
|-
| colspan="3" |[[File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|115x115px]]
| colspan="3" |[[File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|115x115px]]
| colspan="3" |[[File:Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.png|115x115px]]
| colspan="3" |[[File:Coronation of Charles III Medal ribbon.png|115x115px]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Country
!Date
!Appointment
!Ribbon
!Post-nominal letters
!Notes
|-
|[[United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|6 April 2001
|[[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Cross]] 
|[[File:UK Distinguished Service Cross BAR.svg|80px]]
|DSC
|<ref name="dsc" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Dover: Ceremony welcomes new Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8lgw7pd4do |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|[[United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|2001
|[[Operational Service Medal for Sierra Leone]]
|[[File:OSM for Sierra Leone BAR.svg|80px]]
|
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
|[[United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|2002
|[[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]]
|[[File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|80px]]
|
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
|[[United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|2012
|[[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]]
|[[File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|80px]]
|
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
|[[United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|16 June 2012
|[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] 
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Order of the Bath UK ribbon.svg|80px]]
|KCB
|<ref name="kcb" /> promoted [[Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|GCB]]
|-
|[[United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|31 December 2015
|[[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] 
|GCB
|<ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=New Year Honours 2016 for service personnel and defence civilians|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-year-honours-2016-for-service-personnel-and-defence-civilians|website=GOV.UK|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=2 January 2016|date=31 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|-
|[[United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|2016
|[[Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (1848)|Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal]] 
|[[File:Ribbon - Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal v3.png|80px]]
|
|<ref name=":4" /> Two clasps
|-
|[[United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|2022
|[[Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal]]
|[[File:Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.png|80x80px]]
|
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
|[[United Kingdom]]
|2023
|[[King Charles III Coronation Medal]]
|[[File:Coronation of Charles III Medal ribbon.png|80x80px]]
|
|<ref name=":4" />
|}

== Personal life ==
In 1982 Zambellas married Amanda Jane LeCudennec; they have three sons.<ref name=whoswho/>

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