Lewis MacKenzie


MajorGeneral Lewis Wharton MacKenzie CM, MSC, O.Ont, CD is a retired Canadian general, author and media commentator. MacKenzie is known for establishing and commanding Sector Sarajevo as part of the United Nations Protection Force in the former Yugoslavia in 1992. He was later a vocal opponent of NATO involvement in the Kosovo War.

MacKenzie was born in Truro, Nova Scotia, the son of Eugene and Shirley MacKenzie He was raised in nearby Princeport. He is named after his great uncle, Liverpool, Nova Scotia schooner captain Lewis Wharton. MacKenzies forefather Israel Wharton fought as a United Empire Loyalist in the American Revolutionary War, taking part in the Battle of Waxhaws, before he subsequently settled in the Liverpool area.

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