Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar

6th Chief of Defence Forces (Malaysia)
Yang Berbahagia General (Rtd) Tan Sri
Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar
6th Chief of Defence Forces
In office
1 December 1977 – 19 January 1982
MonarchsYahya Petra
Ahmad Shah
Prime MinisterHussein Onn
Mahathir Mohamad
Minister of DefenceHussein Onn
Abdul Taib Mahmud
Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded byIbrahim Ismail
Succeeded byMohd Ghazali Mohd Seth
6th Chief of Army
In office
1 July 1975 – 30 November 1977
Preceded byUngku Nazaruddin Ungku Mohamed
Succeeded byMohd Ghazali Mohd Seth
Personal details
Born(1927-01-19)19 January 1927
Selayang, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died21 August 2015(2015-08-21) (aged 88)
Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Resting placeRoyal Malay Regiment Section, Armed Forces Islamic Cemetery, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan
SpousePuan Sri Normah Mahmud
Children5 (including Tan Sri Mohd Reza Sany)
Military service
Allegiance Malaysia
Branch/service Malaysian Army
Years of service1949-1982
Rank General
UnitRoyal Malay Regiment

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

Death

Mohd Sany died on 21 August 2015 at the old age of 88 (33 years into his retirement from the military since 1982, when he turned 55 years old in that year) 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

Foreign Honours

References

  1. ^ "Senarai PTD". army.mil.my.
  2. ^ "Bekas PAT Jeneral (B) Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar Meninggal Dunia". www.bharian.com.my. Berita Harian.
  3. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Tahun 1967" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Tahun 1976" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang dan Pingat Tahun 1978" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Sultan Brunai menerima kurniaan". Berita Harian. 11 July 1968. p. 7.
  7. ^ "DPMP 1969". pingat.perak.gov.my.
  8. ^ "SPTS 1978". pingat.perak.gov.my.
  9. ^ "DPMS 1976". awards.selangor.gov.my.
  10. ^ Pusat Penerangan HANKAM, Indonesia (1976). Dharmasena Volumes 26-44. Indonesia: Indonesia. Departemen Pertahanan-Keamanan. p. 10.
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  • 1967: C.G. Ferguson
  • 1967: Kriangsak Chamanan
  • 1969: Tan Chin Tuan
  • 1970: Donald Bernard Waters Good
  • 1970: Tan Hian Tsin
  • 1971: Chamras Mandukananda
  • 1971: Nai Swate Komalabhhuti
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  • 1972: Kemal Idris
  • 1972: A.J. Wood
  • 1972: Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts
  • 1972: Lek Naeomali
  • 1972: Sutopo Juwono
  • 1972: Thongkampleo Thongyai
  • 1972: Umar Wirahadikusumah
  • 1973: Frank Wen King Tsao
  • 1973: L.C. Bateman
  • 1973: Mohamad Hasan
  • 1976: Makmum Murod
  • 1976: Widodo Budidarmo
  • 1977: Faiz Mohamed Alofy
  • 1979: Ashadi Tjahjadi
  • 1979: Panieng Kantarat
  • 1979: Tan Teck Khim
  • 1979: Waleojo Soegito
  • 1979: R. Widodo
  • 1981: Samut Sahanavin
  • 1982: Anthony Synnot
  • 1982: Dakleow Susilvorn
  • 1982: Hussein bin Al-Jazairi
  • 1982: Prayudh Charumani
  • 1982: Abdul Mohsen bin Jalawi
  • 1982: Saud bin Abdul Muhsin Al Saud
  • 1982: Shigeo Nagano
  • 1982: Somboon Chuapaibul
  • 1983: Abdul Rahman Ramli
  • 1984: Nissai Vejjajiva
  • 1986: Klaus Blech
  • 1986: Muhammad M. Abdul Rauf
  • 1987: Himawan Soetanto
  • 1987: Narong Mohanond
  • 1987: Noboru Gatoh
  • 1987: Sunthorn Kongsompong
  • 1988: Chawan Chawanid
  • 1988: Kampo Harada
  • 1988: Maurice Baker
  • 1988: Mochammad Sanoesi
  • 1988: Piya Chakkaphak
  • 1988: Pao Sarasin
  • 1989: Goh Yong Hong
  • 1989: Pengiran Omar Pengiran Apong
  • 1989: Mohamad Daud
  • 1989: Winston Choo Wee Leong
  • 1990: Hans Joachim Richtler
  • 1991: Shōichi Fujimori
  • 1991: Fukuda Hiroshi
  • 1991: Toyoo Tate
  • 1993: Abdul Rahman Besar
  • 1993: Chawalit Yodmani
  • 1993: Kraisook Sinsook
  • 1993: Masaharu Matsushita
  • 1993: Sawat Amornvivat
  • 1993: Shosuke Idemitsu
  • 1994: Feisal Tanjung
  • 1994: Tee Tua Ba
  • 1994: Voravat Aphichari
  • 1995: K. Suzuki
  • 1995: Pratin Santiprabhob
  • 1995: Renato S de Villa
  • 1995: Sulaiman Damit
  • 1996: B. Bek Nielsen
  • 1996: Roger A. Bertelson
  • 1997: Edi Sudradjat
  • 1997: Mohammed Hassan Abdul Wali
  • 1997: Walanachi Wootisin
  • 1998: Harmoko
  • 1998: Katsanouke Maeda
  • 1998: Isa Ibrahim
  • 1999: Ernest Zulliger
  • 1999: Mahmoud Muhammad Safar
  • 1999: Mongkon Ampornpisit
  • 2000: Lin Cheng Yuan
  • 2002: Just Faaland
  • 2003: Da'i Bachtiar
  • 2003: Giuseppe Balboni Acqua
  • 2003: Giuseppe Baldocci
  • 2004: Ahmed El-Farra
  • 2004: Iyad bin Amin Madani
  • 2004: Hamed M.A. Yahya
  • 2004: Marek Paszucha
  • 2004: Masajuro Shiokawa
  • 2005: David Chiu Tat-cheong
  • 2005: Khoo Boon Hui
  • 2005: Carl Philip
  • 2005: Madeline
  • 2006: Chang Yung-fa
  • 2006: Fumihiko Konishi
  • 2007: Rainer Althoff
  • 2009: Albert Cheng Yong Kim
  • 2009: Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu
  • 2009: Peter Sondakh
  • 2009: Zainuddin Jalani
  • 2010: Bambang Hendarso Danuri
  • 2011: Wichean Potephosree
  • 2011: Zuhair Abdul Hamid Mokhtar Sadayo
  • 2012: Peter Ong Boon Kwee
  • 2012: Surin Upatkoon
  • 2014: Adul Saengsingkaew
  • 2015: Lim Jock Seng
  • 2015: Moeldoko
  • 2015: Surin Pitsuwan
  • 2016: Abdulrahman bin Saleh Al-Bunyan
  • 2017: Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi
  • 2017: Chuang Chou Wen
  • 2017: Gerry Tung Ching Sai
  • 2017: Steve Miligan
  • 2017: Yuhao Aixinjueluo
  • 2019: Ali Mehsin Fetais
  • 2019: Adul Sangsingkeo
  • 2020: Badrodin Haiti
  • 2020: Budi Gunawan
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