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Lieutenant General
Rudolf Badenhorst
SSAS, SD, SM, MMM
Birth nameRudolph Badenhorst
Nickname(s)Witkop
Born1940
Died10 November 2012
George, Western Cape
BuriedGeorge, Western Cape
Allegiance South Africa
Service / branchSouth African Army
RankLieutenant General
CommandsChief of Staff Intelligence
WarsBorder War
AwardsStar of South Africa SSAS Southern Cross Decoration SD Southern Cross Medal SM Military Merit Medal MMM Pro Patria Medal ' Southern Africa Medal ' General Service Medal (South Africa) ' Good Service Medal ' Good Service Medal ' Good Service Medal '
Spouse(s) Ina Badenhorst ​(died 2012)​

Lieutenant General Rudolf Badenhorst (1940 – 2012) was a South African Army general, who served as Chief of Staff Intelligence for the Defence Force. He died in 2012.

Military career

He served as Deputy Chief of the Army from 1 November 1987 In 1989 he was appointed to the Military Intelligence Division as the Chief of Staff Intelligence, a post he held until 1991. Badenhorst left the army at his own request retiring in early 1991 after 30 years of service.

Death

Badenhorst died on 10 November 2012 of pneumonia and heart failure at the George-Medi-clinic in George, Western Cape. He had outlived his wife Ina by less than a month and is survived by four children and eleven grandchildren.

Awards and decorations

References

  1. ^ Uys, Ian (1992). South African Military Who's Who 1452-1992. Fortress Publishers. ISBN 0-9583173-3-X.
  2. ^ Gunning, Eugene (13 November 2012). "Witkop Badenhorst sterf" [Witkop Badenhorst dies]. Die Burger (in Afrikaans). Naspers. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. O'Brien, Kevin A. (2011). The South African Intelligence Services: From Apartheid to Democracy, 1948-2005. Studies in Intelligence Series. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-84061-0.
  4. Strydom, Johan (19 April 1998). "Generaal se boek sal kartetse los". Rapport (in Afrikaans). Naspers. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
Military offices
Preceded byAndries P Putter Chief of Staff Intelligence
1989–1991 		Succeeded byJoffel van der Westhuizen
Preceded byJan van Loggerenberg Chief of Staff Operations
1988–1989 		Succeeded byKoos Bisschoff
Preceded byDirk Marais Deputy Chief of the Army
1987–1988 		Succeeded byLen Meyer
Preceded byJohannes F Janse van Rensburg Chief of Army Staff Logistics
1982–1987 		Succeeded byDeon Mortimer
Preceded byDeon Mortimer OC Infantry School
1976–1979 		Succeeded byWessel Kritzinger


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