David George Coulter, CB, OStJ, QHC (born 29 December 1957) is a Church of Scotland minister and former military chaplain.

He was previously Principal of the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre and Deputy Chaplain General.

[1] Having won a scholarship from the British Army,[5] he studied economic and social history at Queen's University Belfast and was a member of its Officer Training Corps.

[9] On 1 October 1979, he was commissioned into the Royal Irish Rangers, British Army, as a second lieutenant (on probation) as part of his university cadetship.

[10] He resigned his commission on 20 September 1985, thereby ending his first period of full-time military service.

[13] Coulter undertook training for ministry and studied theology at the University of St Andrews, graduating with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree.

[18] He was promoted to Chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class (equivalent in rank to lieutenant colonel) on 22 March 2002.

[22][23] On 3 June 2011, he was appointed Deputy Chaplain General (equivalent in rank to brigadier).

[2] In the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).