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Brigadier General Zyeele, on August 29, 2021, was promoted to the rank of Major General and appointed Zambia Army Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff by President Hichilema. On September 12, 2024, Major General Zyeele was promoted by President Hichilema to the rank of Lieutenant General.
On September 12, 2024, Brigadier General Sinyinza was promoted by President Hichilema to the rank of Major General. The President also appointed him as Deputy Force Commander and Chief of Staff of the Zambia Army, succeeding Geoffrey Zyeele who was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and appointed Zambia Army Commander.
The Commander of Zambia Air Force at the time, Air Commodore Peter Zuze, was promoted to Lieutenant-General and appointed as Deputy Commander of the ZNDF. [39] However, the Zambia Air Force and Zambia National Service resented this system because Army officers filled most senior appointments in the ZNDF and the system was ended in 1980.
Lieutenant General Dennis Sitali Alibuzwi, also Dennis Alibuzwi, is a Zambian military officer who served as the Commander of the Zambian Army from 29 August 2021 to September 12, 2024. He was promoted from the rank of Major General to Lieutenant General, on the day that he was appointed Commander of the Army.
The Zambian Army is the land military branch of the Zambian Defence Force. Like all branches of the Zambian military, citizens of the nation are required to register at 16 years old, and citizens can join at 16 years old with parental consent or at 18 years old when they are classified as adults by Zambia .
To this end, on December 29, 2021, the ZNS Council, which is entrusted by the President with the lawful administration of the Service's affairs, overwhelmingly approved the change in nomenclature. This significant decision marked the transition from "Commandant" to "Commander" as the official title of the head of the Zambia National Service. [13]
Commander of the Zambia National Service 2022 - Present Lieutenant General Maliti Solochi is a Zambian military officer and is the current force commander of the ...
On 29 August 2021, the then newly elected President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema replaced Lieutenant General Sikazwe with Dennis Sitali Alibuzwi, who was simultaneously promoted from Major General to Lieutenant General. General Alibuzwi was the Chief of Staff and Deputy Army Commander under General Sikazwe.