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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The U.S. State Department approved a foreign military sale to Zambia of military helicopters and related logistics support for an estimated cost of $100 million, the Pentagon said in a statement ...
He was the Director-General for Policy, Doctrine and Strategy of the Zambian Army from 2018 to 2020 and served as the Commander of the 1st Infantry Division from 2020 to 2022. [1] Successively he was Commander of the 6th Armored Brigade, Commander of the 64th Armored Regiment and Commander of the Armored School.
The ZNS traces its roots back to the Land Army, initially established as a potential militant wing of UNIP during Zambia's quest for independence. [17] The Land Army served as a contingency force for a guerrilla military option, but Zambia peacefully achieved independence on October 24, 1964, making the armed struggle unnecessary.