The following is a list of people who have attained the rank of General within the Namibian Army (NA).

Key

AbbreviationRank
BRIGBrigadier
BRIG GENBrigadier General
MAJ GENMajor General
LT GENLieutenant General

The ranks of General Officers changed in when the rank previously called Brigadier became known as Brigadier General.

Rank Name Last position held Notes Dates of service
LT GENDimo HamaamboChief of Defence Forcefirst CDF[1]1990–2000
LT GENSolomon HuwalaChief of Defence Forcesecond CDF[2]1990–2005
LT GENMartin ShalliChief of Defence ForceThird CDF[3]1990–2011
LT GENEpaphras Denga NdaitwahChief of Defence ForceFourth CDF[4]1990–2013
LT GENJohn MutwaChief of Defence ForceFifth CDF[5]1990–2020
MAJ GENPeter NambundungaArmy CommanderThird Army Commander1990–2011
MAJ GENTomas HamunyelaArmy CommanderFirth Army Commander1990–2017
MAJ GENNestor Shali ShalaudaArmy CommanderSixth Army Commander1990–2019
MAJ GENMatheus AlueendoArmy CommanderSeventh Army Commander1990-currently
MAJ GENPhillip KamatiCOS Joint Operations[6]1990–
MAJ GENBen KadhilaCOS Joint Operations[7]1990–2018
Brig GENLeonard NghishoongeleCOS Joint OperationsNever promoted to Major General1990–2019
MAJ GENJoshua NamhindoCOS Joint Operations1990-Currently
MAJ GENCharles NamolohChief Of Staff1990–1995
MAJ GENShaanika AmukwayaChief Of Staff Military Intelligence[8]1990–
MAJ GENDavid MbandekaDA to President1990–
MAJ GENJackobus A //HoabebDA to President1990–
BRIG GENFreddy MaibaDA to President1990-currently
BRIG GENMathias ShiwedaChief Of Staff Personnel[9]1990–2005
BRIG GENAthanasius ChimwandiChief Of Staff Personnel[8]1990–2010
BRIG GENCharles SojaChief of Staff Human Resources1990–2016
BRIG GENJohn RobinsonChief of Staff Human Resources1990-Currently
BRIG GENRauna HamataDirector: Financefirst female General Officer1990–2009
BRIG GENJesaya Elago KambondeDirector: Finance1990–2011
BRIG GENPeter Heita[8]1990–
BRIG GENJoseph KakotoGOC 4 Arty Brigade[10]1990–2017
BRIG GENAmbrosius KwedhiGOC 4 Arty Brigade[10]1990-currently
BRIG GENPetrus IilongaGOC 4 Arty Brigade1990–2021
BRIG GENAlweendo NamukwambiGOC 4 Arty Brigade1990-currently
BRIG GENEnos HakunaGOC 26 Mot Inf Brigade[11]1990–2017
BRIG GENKayambu Erasmus AmupoloGOC 26 Mot Inf Brigade1990–2014
BRIG GENHolden UulengaGOC 26 Mot Inf Brigade1990–
BRIG GENPeter Shikolalye GOC 26 Mot Inf Brigade1990–2016
BRIG GENEpimacus TshavukaGOC 26 Mot Inf Brigade[11]1990–2019
BRIG GENWillem Shigwedha GOC 26 Mot Inf Brigade1990-Currently[12]
BRIG GENErastus KashopolaGOC 21 Mot Inf Brigade1990–2019
BRIG GENMartin Nangolo ShikombaGOC 21 Mot Inf Brigade1990-Incumbent
BRIG GENGeorge KalomhoGOC 12 Mot Inf Brigade1990–2010
BRIG GENPeter NghilukilwaGOC 12 Mot Inf Brigade1990–2016
BRIG GENJoel KapalaGOC 12 Mot Inf Brigade1990–2020
BRIG GENAktofel NambahuGOC 12 Mot Inf Brigade1990-Currently
BRIG GENFrederick SiluzungilaMilitary School Commandant1990–
BRIG GENWilbard ShikongoMilitary School Commandant[13]1990–2017
BRIG GENMalakia Nakandungile Military School Commandant1990–2009
BRIG GENKashindi ya KashindiMilitary School Commandant1990-currently
BRIG GENBernard NkawaDA to DRC1990–2018
BRIG GENAngunga David ShivuteDA to Russia1990-currently
BRIG GENKarel NdjobaDA to Germany1990–2014
MAJ GENCharles ShalumbuDA to India1990–
BRIG GENTitus SimonDA to India1990-currently
BRIG GENJames Auala[8]Chief of Staff Logistics1990–2005[14]
BRIG GENS AmunyelaChief of Staff Logistics1990–2017
BRIG GENDavid AmutenyaChief of Staff Logistics[7]1990-currently
BRIG GENS HaihamboChief of Staff ICT1990–
BRIG GENKongeni ShikufaChief of Staff ICT[7]1990–2019
BRIG GENAbisai HeitaChief of Staff ICT1990-currently
BRIG GENSophia NdeitungaChief of Staff Defence Health ServicesFemale officer1990-currently
BRIG GENPetrus NathingeDirector Defence Central Staff1990-currently
BRIG GENVeikko KavungoDirector Defence Legal Service[15]1990-currently
BRIG GENHelena AmutenyaDirector Defence Legal Service[16]2007-currently
BRIG GENMathew ShipulwaCommandant Namibian Command and Staff College1990-Currently
BRIG GENDavid ShiimbiGOC Air Defence Brigade[17]1990–2016
BRIG GENMoses Shalongo NghilifaGOC Air Defence Brigade[17]1990–2019
BRIG GENLasarus HermannGOC Air Defence Brigade1990–2020
BRIG GENSimeon Shikwambi MwaalaGOC Air Defence Brigade1990-currently
BRIG GENPatrick Owen OrangeGOC Air Defence Brigade1990-currently
BRIG GENSolomon ShilongoDefence Inspector General1990–2016
BRIG GENFiina AmupoloDefence Inspector GeneralFemale Officer1990-Currently
BRIG GENBlasius AinimaDefence Inspector General1990-2023
BRIG GENBathromeus ShomeyaDeputy Army Commander1990–
BRIG GENMumba Thaddeus MahelaAssociate Dean: School of Military Science[18]1990–

References

  1. "Swapo military ex-chief dies". Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  2. "Highest honour for Hawala – The Namibian". Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  3. "General Martin Shalli retires with honours – The Namibian". Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  4. "Expensive toy, cattle for retiring defence chief". 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  5. "Mutwa now heading NDF – The Namibian". Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  6. "NDF promotions, appointments". The Namibian. 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08.
  7. 1 2 3 "Promotion in NDF – GRN Portal". Mod.gov.na. 2017-07-01. Archived from the original on 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Namibians honoured by President | New Era Newspaper Namibia". Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  9. Lamb, Guy (October 1999). "Civil supremacy of the military in Namibia: A retrospective case study". www.namibweb.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Change of Cmdt 4Art BDE – GRN Portal". Mod.gov.na. 2018-01-30. Archived from the original on 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  11. 1 2 "26 change of command – GRN Portal". Mod.gov.na. Archived from the original on 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  12. "Change of Command 26BDE – GRN Portal". Mod.gov.na. 2019-05-29. Archived from the original on 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  13. Swartbooi, h (February 2017). "Military Change of Command". NDF Journal. 61: 10.
  14. "Hard Stone Processing Namibia: James V. Auala". Archived from the original on 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  15. "The lawyer who does not want poverty-stricken background label | New Era Newspaper Namibia". Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  16. "Valour knows no gender... Amutenya becomes youngest brigadier general". Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  17. 1 2 Tomas, M (March 2016). "Change of Command". NDF Journal. 57: 18.
  18. https://research.unam.edu.na/science-conference/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ARCAENS-22-Book-of-Abstracts_final.pdf
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.