Chief of Staff | |
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Reports to | President of Guyana |
Formation | May 1967 |
First holder | Ronald Pope |
The Chief of Staff is the professional head of the Guyana Defence Force. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the military of Guyana. The current Chief of Staff is Brigadier Omar Khan.
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
1 | Colonel Ronald Pope |
May 1967 | March 1969 | 1 year, 10 months | [1] | |
2 | Brigadier Clarence Price (1922–?) |
March 1969 | 12 July 1979 | 10 years, 4 months | [2] | |
3 | Major general Norman Gordon Mc Lean (born 1935) |
12 July 1979 | March 1990 | 10 years, 7 months | [3] | |
4 | Major general Joseph Singh (born 1945) |
March 1990 | April 2000 | 10 years, 1 month | [4] | |
5 | Major general Michael Atherly (born 1949) |
April 2000 | 31 May 2004 | 4 years, 1 month | [5][6] | |
6 | Major general Edward Orin Collins (born 1945) |
31 May 2004 | 2007 | 2–3 years | [7] | |
7 | Rear admiral Gary Best (born 1959) |
September 2007 | 16 September 2013 | 6 years | [8] | |
8 | Brigadier Mark Phillips (born 1961) |
16 September 2013 | 3 October 2016 | 3 years, 17 days | [9] | |
9 | Brigadier George Lewis (born 1961) |
3 October 2016 | 10 January 2017 | 99 days | [10][11] | |
10 | Brigadier Patrick West (born 1965) |
10 January 2017 | 1 July 2020 | 3 years, 173 days | [12][13] | |
11 | Brigadier Godfrey Bess (born 1968) |
1 July 2020 | 4 March 2021 | 246 days | [14][15] | |
4 March 2021 | 28 April 2023 | 2 years, 55 days | ||||
12 | Brigadier Omar Khan |
28 April 2023 | Incumbent | 358 days | [16] |