Lieutenant General Derrick Mgwebi (born 1956) is a South African military commander, serving as Director of the

Joint Operations Division The Joint Operations Division is a component of the South African National Defence Force tasked with conducting Joint Operations involving the various arms of the SANDF. History The Joint Operations Division was established on 1 August 1997 duri ...

Military career

He served as Commander of the United Nations Operation in Burundi in 2004. He also served as General Officer Commanding,

Mpumalanga Command Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. I ...

, after which he was appointed General Officer Commanding

South African Army Infantry Formation The South African Army Infantry Formation supervises all infantry within the South African Army. History Origins: Union Defence Force South African Infantry originated as the ''Infantry Branch'' of the Union Defence Forces in 1913. In 1915, ...

. Before taking over at Joint Operations he was the Chief of Human Resources for the SANDF. He was Force Commander of the United Nations

MONUSCO The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or MONUSCO, an acronym based on its French name , is a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which was estab ...

mission to the DRC from December 2015 to January 2018.

Awards and decorations

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Proficiency and Qualification badges

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References

South African Army generals United Nations military personnel Living people 1956 births {{southAfrica-mil-bio-stub