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The Chief of the General Staff of the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (Portuguese: Chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique; CEMFADM) is the highest-ranked officer in the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces.

Chief of Staff

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No. Photo Name
(birth–death) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Lagos Henriques Lidimo August 1994 20 March 2008 13 years, 7 months [1][2]
2 Paulino Jose Macaringue 20 March 2008 26 June 2013 5 years, 98 days [2][3]
3 Graça Tomás Chongo 26 June 2013 26 October 2017 4 years, 122 days [3][4]
4 General do exército
Lázaro Henriques Lopes Menete 		26 October 2017 14 January 2021 3 years, 138 days [5][6]
5 General do exército
Eugénio Mussa
(?–2021) 		14 January 2021 8 February 2021 † 25 days [7]
6 Almirante
Joaquim Rivas Mangrasse 		13 March 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 242 days [8]

References

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  1. ^ "Lagos Lidimo and Nathu Caba: More on the new men at the helm of Intelligence Service – AIM report". clubofmozambique.com/. Club of Mozambique. AIM. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Reuters Staff (20 March 2008). "Mozambique leader Guebuza sacks defence chiefs". reuters.com. Reuters. Retrieved 23 August 2021. {{cite news}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ a b "Mozambique army chief fired". news24.com. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Changes in Mozambique state security leadership: What analysts say". clubofmozambique.com/. Club of Mozambique. Deutsche Welle. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ "President Nyusi appoints new head of armed forces". mozambiquehighcommission.org.uk. High Commission of the Republic of Mozambique. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. ^ "President makes new appointments in Police and Armed Forces – Mozambique". clubofmozambique.com/. Club of Mozambique. AIM. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Mozambique: General Eugénio Mussa, FADM Chief of Staff, dies after illness". clubofmozambique.com/. Club of Mozambique. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Mozambique: Nyusi appoints new Head of Armed Forces". clubofmozambique.com/. Club of Mozambique. AIM. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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