Andreas Liebenberg

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Andreas Liebenberg

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General Andreas 'Kat' Liebenberg.jpg
Born (1938-04-18)18 April 1938[1]
Upington,[2] Cape Province, Union of South Africa
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Pretoria,[3] Gauteng, South Africa
Allegiance  Republic of South Africa
Service/branch  South African Army
Years of service 1965-1993
Rank General
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  • Chief of the South African Defense Force (1990–1993)
  • Chief of the South African Army (1985–1990)
  • GOC Special Forces (1982–1985)
Battles/wars Border War
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Spouse(s) Helena Johanna (Crafford)[4]

General Andreas ('Kat') Liebenberg SSAS SD SOE SM MMM (1938–1998) was a South African military commander. He joined the army in 1955 after obtaining a BA Law degree at the University of Stellenbosch[2] and was commissioned in 1961.

Army career

He was posted to London as a military attache in 1969.[5]:25 In 1972 he returned from London to become second in command of the Army Gymnasium. Two years later he was back at Army Headquarters as a Staff Officer before becoming Director Infantry, and in December 1977, as a colonel, Officer Commanding 2 Military Area (later called Sector 10) at Oshakati.[5] He stayed there till January 1980, when he became Director of Operations at Army Headquarters in the rank of Brigadier.[5]

He served as GOC Special Forces from 1982 to 1985, as Chief of the Army from 1985 to 1990, as Chief of Defence Force Staff for a few months in 1990,[6] and then as Chief of the SADF from 1990 to 1993.[7] He was a member of the defence committee of the Transitional Executive Council which supervised the South African government during the final months leading up the first democratic election in 1994.

Trial

In 1995, he, former defence minister, General Magnus Malan, and former defence force chief, General Jannie Geldenhuys were tried for murder, as a result of a military operation in which several civilians had been killed. They were all acquitted.

Awards and decorations


References

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See also

Military offices
Preceded by Chief of the South African Defence Force
1990 – 1993		 Succeeded by
Georg Meiring
Preceded by Chief of Defence Force Staff
1990		 Succeeded by
Marthinus Bekker
Preceded by Chief of the South African Army
1985 – 1990		 Succeeded by
Georg Meiring
Preceded by
Maj Gen Fritz Loots
 GOC South African Special Forces
1982 – 1985		 Succeeded by
Maj Gen Joep Joubert
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  7. ↑ Fact file: Chiefs of the SANDF,past and present | DefenceWeb
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