The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence, is pleased to announce the appointment of Colonel Robin Holman as the next Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Effective June 28, 2023, he will serve in this role for a term of four years and will be promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General.
As provided at sections 9.1 and 9.2 of the National Defence Act, the JAG is the legal advisor to the Governor General, the Minister of National Defence, the Department of National Defence, and the CAF in all matters relating to military law. The JAG also has the superintendence of the administration of military justice in the CAF.
Col Holman is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, (B.Eng.), Queen's University (LL.B.) and McGill University (LL.M.), and joined the Office of the Judge Advocate General as a legal officer in February 2002. Colonel Holman has served as a military prosecutor, as a deployed legal officer and in a series of leadership roles within the Office of the JAG including Deputy JAG for Military Justice and Deputy JAG for Operational and International Law. He has served as the Acting Judge Advocate General since November 2021.
