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Vice Admiral Monde Lobese MMS, MMB
Born	New Brighton, Eastern Cape
Allegiance	South Africa
Service / branch	South African Navy
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands	Chief of the South African Navy Deputy Chief of the South African Navy
Awards

Monde Lobese MMS MMB is a South African naval officer, serving as Chief of the South African Navy.

Military career

He left South Africa in 1985 to join Umkhonto We Sizwe and underwent training in East Germany before being selected for naval training in the Soviet Union. He integrated into the South African Navy in 1994.

In 2009, he was appointed Director Fleet Logistics at Fleet Command as a Rear Admiral (junior grade). In 2015 he joined Joint Operations Division as Director Operations Support where he stayed until being appointed Deputy Chief of the Navy in September 2021 and served as acting Chief after the retirement of Vice Admiral Samuel Hlongwane. He was appointed Chief of the Navy from 1 November 2022.

Awards and decorations

• Merit Medal (Silver) (MMS)
• Merit Medal (Bronze) (MMB)
• Operational Medal for Southern Africa
• Unitas (Unity) Medal
• Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service) (20 Year Clasp)
• Good Service Medal (Bronze (10 Years))

References

1. ^ "Lobese confirmed as new SA Navy Chief". DefenceWeb. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
2. ^ "Deputy Chief of the SA Navy". South African Navy. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
3. "Lobese is new SAN Deputy Chief". Defenceweb. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

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List of South African military chiefs
OC South African Naval Service 1922 – 1932	Norman Rankin Robert F.U.P. Fitzgerald
Director, Seaward Defence Force 1940 – 1942	Guy Hallifax James Dalgleish
Director, South African Naval Forces 1942 – 1951	James Dalgleish Frederick Dean
Naval & Marine Chief of Staff 1951 – 1955	Frederick Dean Pieter de Waal Hugo H Biermann
Naval Chief of Staff 1955 – 1966	Hugo H Biermann
Chief of the Navy 1966 – Present	Hugo H Biermann James 'Flam' Johnson J Charl Walters Ronald A. Edwards Andries P "Dries" Putter Glen Syndercombe Andries P "Dries" Putter Lambert J “Woody” Woodburne Robert Simpson-Anderson Johan Retief Refiloe Johannes Mudimu Samuel Hlongwane Monde Lobese

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