Editing Jay Garner (section)

{{Short description|United States Army general and United States Marine}}
{{for|the actor|Jay Garner (actor)}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Jay Garner
| image               = Portrait of U. S. Army Lt. Gen. Jay M. Garner.jpg
| caption             = Garner in 1996
| office              = [[Coalition Provisional Authority|Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance of Iraq]]
| president           = [[George W. Bush]]
| term_start          = April 21, 2003
| term_end            = May 12, 2003
| predecessor         = [[Saddam Hussein]] ([[President of Iraq]])
| successor           = [[Paul Bremer]] (Administrator of [[Coalition Provisional Authority]])
| birth_name          = Jay Montgomery Garner
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1938|4|15}}
| birth_place         = [[Arcadia, Florida]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| education           = {{ubl |[[Florida State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) |[[Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania|Shippensburg University]] ([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]])}}
| branch              = {{army|United States}}
| branch_label        = Branch
| serviceyears        = 1962–1997
| serviceyears_label  = Service&nbsp;years
| rank                = [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]]
| commands            = {{ubl |[[United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command]] |[[Joint Task Force Bravo]] |[[108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (United States)|108th Brigade, 32nd Artillery]]}}
| battles             = {{ubl |[[Vietnam War]] |[[Gulf War]]}}
| battles_label       = Conflicts
| mawards             = {{ubl |[[Army Distinguished Service Medal]] (2) |[[Defense Superior Service Medal]] (2) |[[Legion of Merit]] (5) |[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]]}}
}}
'''Jay Montgomery Garner''' (born April 15, 1938) is a retired [[United States Army]] [[Lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] who in 2003 was appointed as Director of the [[Coalition Provisional Authority|Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance]] for [[Iraq]] following the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], making him the immediate replacement of [[Saddam Hussein]] as the ''de facto'' head of state of Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 4, 2003 |title=Jay Garner: The US general waiting to replace Saddam |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jay-garner-the-us-general-waiting-to-replace-saddam-113811.html |access-date=July 21, 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> Garner was soon replaced by Ambassador [[Paul Bremer]] and the ambassador's successor organization to [[ORHA]], the [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] (CPA).<ref>[http://www.observer.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,925309,00.html US arms trader to run Iraq] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030601122652/http://www.observer.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,925309,00.html |date=June 1, 2003 }} ''[[The Observer]]'', March 30, 2003.</ref>