Chief of General Staff (Mozambique)

The Chief of the General Staff of the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (Portuguese: Chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique; CEMFADM) is the highest-ranked officer in the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces.

Chief of Staff

No.	Photo	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Lagos Henriques Lidimo	August 1994	20 March 2008	13 years, 7 months	[1][2]
2		Paulino Jose Macaringue	20 March 2008	26 June 2013	5 years, 98 days	[2][3]
3		Graça Tomás Chongo	26 June 2013	26 October 2017	4 years, 122 days	[3][4]
4		General do exército Lázaro Henriques Lopes Menete	26 October 2017	14 January 2021	3 years, 138 days	[5][6]
5		General do exército Eugénio Mussa (?–2021)	14 January 2021	8 February 2021 †	25 days	[7]
6		Almirante Joaquim Rivas Mangrasse	13 March 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 244 days	[8]

References

1. "Lagos Lidimo and Nathu Caba: More on the new men at the helm of Intelligence Service – AIM report". clubofmozambique.com/. Club of Mozambique. AIM. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
2. Reuters Staff (20 March 2008). "Mozambique leader Guebuza sacks defence chiefs". reuters.com. Reuters. Retrieved 23 August 2021. {{cite news}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
3. "Mozambique army chief fired". news24.com. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
4. "Changes in Mozambique state security leadership: What analysts say". clubofmozambique.com/. Club of Mozambique. Deutsche Welle. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
5. "President Nyusi appoints new head of armed forces". mozambiquehighcommission.org.uk. High Commission of the Republic of Mozambique. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
6. "President makes new appointments in Police and Armed Forces – Mozambique". clubofmozambique.com/. Club of Mozambique. AIM. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
7. "Mozambique: General Eugénio Mussa, FADM Chief of Staff, dies after illness". clubofmozambique.com/. Club of Mozambique. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
8. "Mozambique: Nyusi appoints new Head of Armed Forces". clubofmozambique.com/. Club of Mozambique. AIM. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.