Jeremia Nyembe

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Jeremia Nyembe

MMM
Birth nameJeremia M. Nyembe
AllegianceFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Service/branch South African Air Force
Years of service1994–2021
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands heldChief of Defence Intelligence
Awards Ribbon - Military Merit Medal (South Africa).png Ribbon - Operational Medal for Southern Africa.png Ribbon - South Africa Service Medal.png Ribbon - Unitas Medal.gif Ribbon - Medalje vir Troue Diens.gif Ribbon - Good Service Medal, Silver.gif Ribbon - Service Medal in Bronze.png

Lieutenant General Jeremia Nyembe MMM is a retired South African Air Force general who served as Chief of Defence Intelligence from 2013 to 2021

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Military career

He served in the uMkhonto we Sizwe in exile. He joined the SAAF during integration during 1994. He was appointed as Chief of Defence Intelligence from 2013 to 2021. [1]

He retired with pension on 31 May 2021.

Awards and decorations

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References

  1. Rakoma, Cpl Ally. "20 years celebration of defence intelligence in a democracy". Archived from the original on 15 February 2018.
Military offices
Preceded by Chief of Defence Intelligence
2013–2021
Succeeded by