Chief of Defence Staff | |
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Flag of the Guyana Defence Force | |
Reports to | President of Guyana |
Formation | May 1967 |
First holder | Ronald Pope |
The Chief of the Staff is the professional head of the Guyana Defence Force. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Guyana military. The current Chief of Defence Staff is Brigadier Omar Khan.
List of officeholders[]
- Acting
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
1 | Colonel Ronald Pope |
May 1967 | March 1969 | 1 year, 10 months | [1] | |
2 | Brigadier Clarence Price (1922–?) |
March 1969 | 12 July 1979 | 10 years, 4 months | [2] | |
3 | Major general Norman Gordon Mc Lean (born 1935) |
12 July 1979 | March 1990 | 10 years, 7 months | [3] | |
4 | Major general Joseph Singh (born 1945) |
March 1990 | April 2000 | 10 years, 1 month | [4] | |
5 | Major general Michael Atherly (born 1949) |
April 2000 | 31 May 2004 | 4 years, 1 month | [5][6] | |
6 | Major general Edward Orin Collins (born 1945) |
31 May 2004 | 2007 | 2–3 years | [7] | |
7 | Rear admiral Gary Best (born 1959) |
September 2007 | 16 September 2013 | 5–6 years | [8] | |
8 | Brigadier Mark Phillips (born 1961) |
16 September 2013 | 3 October 2016 | 3 years, 1 month | [9] | |
9 | Brigadier George Lewis (born 1961) |
3 October 2016 | 10 January 2017 | 99 days | [10][11] | |
10 | Brigadier Patrick West (born 1965) |
10 January 2017 | 1 July 2020 | 3 years, 173 days | [12][13] | |
11 | Brigadier Godfrey Bess (born 1968) |
1 July 2020 | 4 March 2021 | 246 days | [14][15] | |
4 March 2021 | 28 April 2023 | 2 years, 55 days | ||||
12 | Brigadier Omar Khan |
28 April 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 180 days | [16] |
References[]
- ↑ "Colonel Ronald Pope". Guyana Defence Force. http://www.gdf.mil.gy/index.php/chief-of-staff/past-chiefs-of-staff/colonel-ronald-pope.html.
- ↑ "Brigadier Clarence Price". Guyana Defence Force. http://www.gdf.mil.gy/index.php/chief-of-staff/past-chiefs-of-staff/brigadier-clarence-price.html.
- ↑ "Major General Norman Gordon Mc Lean". Guyana Defence Force. http://www.gdf.mil.gy/index.php/chief-of-staff/past-chiefs-of-staff/major-general-norman-mc-lean.html.
- ↑ "Major General Joseph Singh, MSS". Guyana Defence Force. http://www.gdf.mil.gy/index.php/chief-of-staff/past-chiefs-of-staff/major-general-joseph-singh.html.
- ↑ "Major General Michael Atherly, MSS". Guyana Defence Force. http://www.gdf.mil.gy/index.php/chief-of-staff/past-chiefs-of-staff/major-general-michael-atherly.html.
- ↑ "Former Chief-of-Staff honoured at special dinner" (in en-US). 2008-11-28. https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2008/11/28/former-chief-of-staff-honoured-at-special-dinner/.
- ↑ Naipaul, Chamanlall (1 June 2004). "Former Chief of Staff calls for new national security strategy". landofsixpeoples.com. https://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news402/nc406012.htm.
- ↑ "Promoted to Rear Admiral – Gary Best departing a military that is set for transformation". 23 June 2014. https://dpi.gov.gy/promoted-to-rear-admiral-gary-best-departing-a-military-that-is-set-for-transformation/.
- ↑ "Brigadier Mark Phillips". Guyana Defence Force. http://www.gdf.mil.gy/index.php/chief-of-staff/past-chiefs-of-staff/brigadier-mark-phillips.html.
- ↑ "George Lewis promoted to rank of Brigadier, sworn in as GDF Chief of Staff". Office of the President. 3 October 2016. https://op.gov.gy/index.php/2016/10/03/george-lewis-promoted-to-rank-of-brigadier-sworn-in-as-gdf-chief-of-staff/.
- ↑ "I’m ready to lead" (in en-US). October 2, 2016. https://guyanachronicle.com/2016/10/02/im-ready-to-lead/.
- ↑ "Brigadier Patrick West is new army Chief of Staff". stabroeknews.com. 11 January 2017. https://www.stabroeknews.com/2017/01/11/news/guyana/brigadier-patrick-west-new-army-chief-staff/.
- ↑ "Brigadier Patrick West is new army Chief of Staff" (in en-us). 2017-01-11. https://www.stabroeknews.com/2017/01/11/news/guyana/brigadier-patrick-west-new-army-chief-staff/.
- ↑ "Colonel Bess appointed Chief of Staff (ag)". 30 June 2020. https://dpi.gov.gy/colonel-bess-appointed-chief-of-staff-ag/.
- ↑ "Bess takes charge of GDF". guyanachronicle.com. 5 March 2021. https://guyanachronicle.com/2021/03/05/bess-takes-charge-of-gdf/.
- ↑ https://guyanachronicle.com/2023/04/28/colonel-khan-promoted-to-brigadier-appointed-new-army-chief-of-staff/
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