Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of ...

Tomas Nopoudjuu Hamunyela is a retired Namibian military officer. His last command was as the Commander of the

Namibian Army The Namibian Army is the ground warfare branch of the Namibian Defence Force. History Development of Namibia's army was fastest of the three arms of Service. The first units of the Army were deployed as early as 1990. The Army was formed when ...

Career

His military career started in 1977 when he joined the

People's Liberation Army of Namibia The People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) was the military wing of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO). It fought against the South African Defence Force (SADF) and South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) during the Sou ...

in exile. He rose through PLAN to hold different appointments. He PLAN Deputy Chief of Operations, he also served as Chief of Operation Northern Front, Detachment Commander Eastern front in

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...

, Engineer Detachment Deputy Commander Eastern Front and as Engineer Detachment Eastern Front in Zambia. In 1990 he was a pioneer of the NDF officer corps as he was inducted. He served in various capacities and ranks within the military. He rose to the rank of Colonel and appointed as Chief of Army Operations, Training, Intelligence and Communications. He was deployed to

DRC The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

during the Second Congo War he served as

Southern African Development Community The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. Its goal is to further regional socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security coopera ...

allied forces Chief of Staff. He got promoted to Brigadier General and appointed as General Officer Commanding 26 Motorised Infantry Brigade. Later he was transferred to Army HQ and appointed as deputy Army Commander with the same rank. He was then appointed as Defence Attache to

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...

. He was then promoted to Major General and appointed as Army Commander on 30 December 2014.https://www.nbc.na/news/new-army-commander-appointed-grootfontein.8343

Honours and decorations

NDF Commendation Medal * NDF Campaign Medal

Campaign Medal

References

1957 births Living people Namibian military personnel People's Liberation Army of Namibia personnel {{Namibia-mil-bio-stub