Lieutenant General Winston Mensa-Wood's position from 1987 to 1990 is currently held by what Major General?
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Winston Mensa-Wood Lieutenant General Winston Mensa-Wood is a retired Ghanaian military officer and served as the twenty-third Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces from June 1990 to March 1992. He took over from Lieutenant General Arnold Quainoo and handed over to Air Marshal Achilles Harry Kwami Dumashie. Prior to that, he was Chief of Army Staff from 1987 to 1990.
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Chief of Army Staff (Ghana) The head of the Ghana Army was formerly referred to as the army commander but now has the title above. The list of former heads lies below. The current Chief of Army Staff is Major General William Ayamdo. He was appointed to the position by President Akuffo-Addo on 9 February 2017.
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Lewis MacKenzie Major-General Lewis Wharton MacKenzie CM, MSC, O.Ont, CD (born 30 April 1940) is a retired Canadian general, author and media commentator. MacKenzie is known for establishing and commanding Sector Sarajevo as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the former Yugoslavia in 1992. He was later a vocal opponent of NATO involvement in the Kosovo War.
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Nick Carter (British Army officer) General Sir Nicholas Patrick "Nick" Carter, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 11 February 1959) is a senior British Army officer. He served as commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets in which role he was deployed to Bosnia in 1998 and Kosovo in 1999. After service in Afghanistan, he took command of 20th Armoured Brigade in 2004 and commanded British forces in Basra. He was subsequently appointed General Officer Commanding 6th Division, which was deployed to Afghanistan with Carter as Commander ISAF Regional Command South, before he became Director-General Land Warfare. After that he became Deputy Commander Land Forces in which role he was the main architect of the Army 2020 concept. After a tour as Deputy Commander, International Security Assistance Force, he assumed the position of Commander Land Forces in November 2013. In September 2014, he became head of the British Army as Chief of the General Staff succeeding General Sir Peter Wall.
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John Coates (general) Lieutenant General Henry John Coates {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 28 December 1932) is a former senior officer in the Australian Army who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1990 to 1992. Since retiring from the Army he has become an author and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian Defence Force Academy branch of the University of New South Wales, pursuing aspects of Australia's military history.
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Secretary General of NATO The Secretary General of NATO (French: "Secrétaire général de l'OTAN" ) is an international diplomat who serves as the chief civil servant of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Secretary General is responsible for coordinating the workings of the alliance, leading NATO's international staff, chairing the meetings of the North Atlantic Council and most major committees of the alliance, with the notable exception of the NATO Military Committee, and acting as NATO's spokesperson. However, the Secretary General does not have any military command role, and political, military and strategic decisions ultimately rest with the member states. Together with the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee and the Supreme Allied Commander the Secretary General is one of the foremost officials of NATO. The current Secretary General is Jens Stoltenberg, the former Prime Minister of Norway, who took office on 1 October 2014.
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Arthur Percival Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (26 December 1887 – 31 January 1966) was a senior British Army officer. He saw service in the First World War and built a successful military career during the interwar period but is most noted for his defeat in the Second World War, when he commanded British Commonwealth forces during the Japanese Malayan Campaign and the subsequent Battle of Singapore.
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David H. Huntoon Lieutenant General David Holmes Huntoon, Jr., USA completed a 40-year military career serving as the Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He commanded West Point from July 15, 2010 until July 15, 2013, and retired from the Army on November 1, 2013. During his time in uniform, Huntoon served in infantry, planning, operations, training, strategy, and leader development positions, and commanded organizations from Platoon level to Army Major Command. Throughout his military career, Huntoon had alternating assignments between operational and leader development postings, and he gained a reputation as a highly skilled and innovative educator and a soldier-focused commander. He is the only Army general officer to have led the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army War College, and the U.S. Military Academy. Huntoon has unique experience in leader development in the U.S. military, and significantly influenced leader development programs in the U.S. Army as a general officer. As a Major, Huntoon wrote principal elements of the U.S. operational plan for the U.S. invasion of Panama (1989), and was a lead planner in the XVIII Airborne Corps plan for Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991).
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Army Sergeant Major The Army Sergeant Major is the most senior member of the other ranks of the British Army. The appointment holder has the rank of Warrant Officer Class One. The appointment was created as part of the changes to the British Army's top ranks around February 2015. The holder will sit on the Executive Committee of the Army Board (ECAB) and work with the Secretary of State for Defence, top civil servants and other high-ranking members to shape British Army policy. The first appointment was made in March 2015.
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Ira C. Eaker General Ira Clarence Eaker (April 13, 1896 – August 6, 1987) was a general of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Eaker, as second-in-command of the prospective Eighth Air Force, was sent to England to form and organize its bomber command. However while he struggled to build up airpower in England, the organization of the Army Air Forces kept evolving and he was named commander of the Eighth Air Force on December 1, 1942.
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Stephen W. Wilson Stephen W. "Seve" Wilson (born 1959/1960) is a United States Air Force General who currently serves as the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force. Previously, he was the deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Command. Before that, he served as the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, La. In his capacity as commander of Air Force Global Strike Command his responsibilities included organizing, training, equipping, and maintaining all U.S. ICBM and nuclear-capable bomber forces. Prior to his current assignment, Wilson served as Commander, Eighth Air Force.
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Ismail Qasim Naji General Ismail Qasim Naji (Somali: "Ismaaciil Qaasim Naaji" , Arabic: إسماعيل قاسم ناجي‎ ‎ ) was the chief of staff of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia and currently the Somali ambassador in Oman. He has served as a senior officer of the Somali army since the administration of Siad Barre, who was removed from power in 1991. Before the formation of the TFG, he also commanded the army of the predecessor Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia between 2002–2004.
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Julian Free Major General Julian Richard Free {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} is a British Army officer who serves as commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College.
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Mendaka Samarasinghe Major General M.C. Mendaka. P. Samarasinghe, RWP, RSP, USP, ndc, psc, SLE (April 1, 1958) is a Sri Lankan Army officer, who is the current Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Army and former Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna and was the General Officer Commanding, 22 Division.
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Robert C. Mathis Robert Couth Mathis (July 3, 1927 – April 27, 2016) was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force (VCSAF) from 1980 to 1982.
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Winston P. Wilson Winston Peabody Wilson (November 11, 1911 – December 31, 1996) was a United States Air Force Major General who served as Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
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David Mark Cullen Major General David Mark Cullen {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} is a senior British Army officer. He served as the Assistant Chief of the General Staff from 2013 to 2015.
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Desmond Langley Major General Sir Henry Desmond Allen Langley, (16 May 1930 – 14 February 2008) was a senior British Army officer who served as Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District from 1979 to 1983. He later served as the 132nd Governor of Bermuda from 1988 to 1992.
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Wade H. Haislip General Wade Hampton Haislip (July 9, 1889 – December 23, 1971) was a senior United States Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II, where he led the XV Corps in the campaign in Western Europe from 1944 to 1945. He later became a four-star general, serving as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (VCSA) from 1949 to 1951.
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Henry Pownall Lieutenant General Sir Henry Royds Pownall, (19 November 1887 – 10 June 1961) was a senior British Army officer who held several important command and staff appointments during the Second World War. In particular, he was chief of staff to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France and Belgium until the fall of France in May 1940. He was later chief of staff to General Archibald Wavell until the fall of Singapore in 1942, and chief of staff to Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1943–44.
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LeRoy Lutes Lieutenant general LeRoy Lutes (October 4, 1890 – January 30, 1980) was an decorated American military officer who was in critical staff and supply positions during and after World War II. His last assignment was a Commanding General of the Fourth United States Army.
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Elaine West Air Vice-Marshal Margaret Elaine West, (née Brindle; born 1961 or 1962) is a senior Royal Air Force officer. She along with Major General Susan Ridge is one of the two most senior female officers in the British Armed Forces, the first to hold a non-honorary air vice marshal or equivalent rank since the Second World War, and the first to achieve that rank in the regular forces.