Commandant is a title often given to the officer in charge of a military training establishment or academy. This usage is common in English-speaking nations. In some countries it may be a military or police rank. It is also often used to refer to the commander of a military prison or prison camp.
The Rashtriya Indian Military College is a military school for boys and girls situated in Doon Valley,Dehradun in India. The RIMC is a feeder institution for the National Defence Academy,Indian Naval Academy and subsequently the Indian Armed Forces. Rimcollians,the name by which alumni of the RIMC are usually denoted,have gone on to hold the highest ranks in the Army,Navy and the Air Force of India,Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Lieutenant General Ali Kuli Khan KhattakHI(M) is a retired Pakistani three-star rank general officer and former field commander of X Corps.
General Tariq MajidNI(M) HI(M) LoH is a retired four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who served as the 13th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 2007 to 2010,the principal and highest-ranking military adviser in the Pakistan Armed Forces.
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) is a military university based in Kaduna,Nigeria that trains officer cadets for commissioning into one of the three services of the Nigerian Armed Forces:the Army,the Navy,and the Air Force. The duration of training at the Nigerian Defence Academy is five years.
Major General Abdulla Shamaal MA MSc ndu psc is the incumbent Chief of Defence Force (CDF) of Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF). General Shamaal was appointed to the post of Chief of Defence Force on 11 December 2018 by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Shamaal was trained in various military institutions such as the United States Army Infantry School in Fort Benning,the Pakistan Military Academy and the Defence Services Staff College in India. Shamaal was previously discharged from service in November 2013 but was reinstated in December 2018 following High Court verdict that his discharge was unlawful. He has also held various Senior Command,Staff and Instructional appointments during his career.
Lieutenant general Chikadibia ObiakorMSS DSS CMH IG QS psc(+) GFISMN NPOM is a retired Nigerian army lieutenant general who until 2010 served as Military Adviser,Assistant Secretary General Office of Military Affairs,United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations (UNDPKO),UN Headquarters New York. He retired officially from the Nigerian Army in 2011.
Idris Garba was the Military Governor of Benue State from 1987 to 1988 and Governor of Kano State from 1989 to 1992.
Aliyu Mohammed Gusau is a Nigerian general and statesman. He has held several high level national security,military and intelligence offices,and has participated in several military coups,playing a central role in founding the Fourth Nigerian Republic.
Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy,Bir Bikram,SBP,ndc,psc is a retired lieutenant general of Bangladesh Army and former commandant of National Defence College. He previously served as GOC of Army Training and Doctrine Command (ARTDOC).
Lieutenant General Sami Khan,PVSM,SM was a General in the Indian Army who served as the 13th General officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Command,Lucknow. Gen Khan had earlier served as the Commandant of the National Defence Academy,Khadakwasla.
Major General (Retd) Janaka Walgama RSP,VSV,USP,ndu,psc was the Military Adviser to the Sri Lanka's Permanent Representation to the United Nations at New York.
Major General K.A.D. Amal Karunasekara,RWP,RSP,VSV,USP,ndu,psc is a retired senior Sri Lankan army officer who served as 51st Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army. Major General (Rtd) Karunasekara is also the first &incumbent Commandant of the National Defence College,Sri Lanka.
Kenneth Minimah,GSS,psc(+),fwc is a retired Nigerian army lieutenant general who served as Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
Mohammed Tasiu Ibrahim is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the 27th Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy. He was appointed Commandant in July 2015 by the Chief of Army Staff,Maj-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai succeeding Major General Muhammad Inuwa Idris
Abul Hossain,ndc,psc,is a retired three-star rank Bangladesh Army officer. He was a lieutenant general. He served as the director general of Border Guards Bangladesh. Before that he served as military secretary to President Md Abdul Hamid and as Engineer-in-chief at Army Headquarters,Commandant of Military Institute of Science and Technology,Chief Engineer of Dhaka City Corporation,Director of Special Works Organization and Director of Works &Chief Engineer of the Bangladesh Army. He was also ex-officio Chairman of Shimanto Bank which is a sister concern of BGB Welfare Trust.
Lieutenant General Obed Boamah Akwa is a retired Ghanaian military officer who served as the Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces from February 2017 to February 2021. Prior to his appointment,he was the Chief of Army Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces.
Shuaibu Ibrahim,DSS,Ph.D.,MTRCN,is a Nigerian Army general and the former Director General of NYSC,a position he assumed on 10 May 2019 and his tenure ended in 2022. Prior to his appointment as the 18th DG of NYSC,he was the Registrar of the Nigerian Army University,Biu,Borno. In 2007,he was decorated with Forces Service Star (FSS),in 2012,he was decorated with Meritorious Service Star (MSS),whilst in 2018,he was decorated with Distinguished Service Star (DSS). He is a member of Historical Society of Nigeria (HSN) and Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (MTRCyN).
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