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He was appointed in April 2013 after Vice Admiral Matthew Quashie was elevated to Chief of Defence Staff .
Sri Lanka does have the Air Chief Marshal rank, but it is only awarded to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) or as an honorary rank.
Sri Lanka does have the admiral(1) rank, but it is only awarded to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) or as an honorary rank.
He became Chief of Defence Staff in 1992 but resigned after his affair with Lady (Bienvenida) Buck, the wife of Conservative MP Antony Buck, became public.
Lieutenant General Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu, was arraign in court alongwith Major (rtd) Abubakar Suleimana for allegedly supplying arms and military assistance to Abudus, both of them were heads at National Security Advisory with Mr. Hamidu as the Chief of Defence Staff.
The CH-146 was ruled out for the Afghan mission by General Rick Hillier when he was Chief of Defence Staff in 2008 due to being underpowered.
Lieutenant general Charles Kayonga (born 1962) is the Chief of Defence Staff in Rwanda's Ministry of Defence.
Robert Hilborn Falls, CMM, CD (born April 24, 1924), Chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces from 1977 to 1980.
Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce (born 1943), former First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy and Chief of Defence Staff
Sir Peter Harding (born 1933), retired Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff, and Chief of Defence Staff
In 2005 he was appointed advisor to the UK Deputy Chief of Defence Staff to monitor the evaluation of a Defence Training Review initiative.