Chief of Defence Staff (Guyana)
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Reports to | Prime Minister |
Formation | May 1967 |
First holder | Ronald Pope |
The Chief of the General 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 Godfrey Bess.
List of officeholders
- Acting
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
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1 | Colonel Ronald Pope |
May 1967 | March 1969 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [1] | |
2 | Brigadier Clarence Price (1922–?) |
March 1969 | 12 July 1979 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [2] | |
3 | Major general Norman Gordon Mc Lean (born 1935) |
12 July 1979 | March 1990 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [3] | |
4 | 80px | Major general Joseph Singh (born 1945) |
March 1990 | April 2000 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [4] |
5 | Major general Michael Atherly (born 1949) |
April 2000 | 31 May 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [5][6] | |
6 | Major general Edward Orin Collins (born 1945) |
31 May 2004 | 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. years | [7] | |
7 | 80px | Rear admiral Gary Best (born 1959) |
2007 | September 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. years | [8] |
8 | 80px | Brigadier Mark Phillips (born 1961) |
September 2013 | 3 October 2016 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [9] |
9 | Brigadier George Lewis (born 1961) |
3 October 2016 | 10 January 2017 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [10][11] | |
10 | 80px | Brigadier Patrick West (born 1965) |
10 January 2017 | 1 July 2020 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [12][13] |
11 | 80px | Brigadier Godfrey Bess (born 1968) |
1 July 2020 | 4 March 2021 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [14][15] |
4 March 2021 | Incumbent | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
References
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