Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Abdul Ghaffar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mohd Sany. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

General Mohd Sany bin Abdul Ghaffar (19 January 1927 – 21 August 2015) was the 6th Chief of Defence Forces of Malaysia.^[1]

Yang Berbahagia General (Rtd) Tan Sri Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar PMN PSM SPTS DPMP DPMS JMN PMK
6th Chief of Defence Forces
In office 1 December 1977 – 19 January 1982
Monarchs	Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah
Prime Minister	Hussein Onn Mahathir Mohamad
Minister of Defence	Hussein Onn Abdul Taib Mahmud Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Ibrahim Ismail
Succeeded by	Mohd Ghazali Mohd Seth
6th Chief of Army
In office 1 July 1975 – 30 November 1977
Preceded by	Ungku Nazaruddin Ungku Mohamed
Succeeded by	Mohd Ghazali Mohd Seth
Personal details
Born	(1927-01-19)19 January 1927 Selayang, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	21 August 2015(2015-08-21) (aged 88) Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Resting place	Royal Malay Regiment Section, Armed Forces Islamic Cemetery, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan
Spouse	Puan Sri Normah Mahmud
Children	5 (including Tan Sri Mohd Reza Sany)
Military service
Allegiance	Malaysia
Branch/service	Malaysian Army
Years of service	1949-1982
Rank	General
Unit	Royal Malay Regiment

Death

Mohd Sany died on 21 August 2015 at the old age of 88 and was buried at the Royal Malay Regiment section of the Armed Forces Muslim cemetery in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.^[2]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

•  Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the Malaysian Commemorative Medal (Silver) (PPM) (1965)
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (JMN) (1967)^[3]
  • Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (1976)^[4]
  • Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN) – Tan Sri (1978)^[5]
•  Kelantan :
  • Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (PMK) (1968)^[6]
•  Perak :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (DPMP) – Dato' (1969)^[7]
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of Taming Sari (SPTS) – Dato' Seri Panglima (1978)^[8]
•  Selangor :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (DPMS) – Dato' (1976)^[9]

Foreign Honours

•  Indonesia :
  • Honorary Recipient of the Bintang Kartika Eka Paksi Utama (1976)^[10]