Johannes Geldenhuys

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General Johannes ('Jannie') Geldenhuys SSA SD SOE SM (born 1935) was a South African military commander. He joined the South African Army as an infantryman in 1954.

He commanded South West Africa Command from 1977 to 1980 and was briefly the first GOC South West Africa Territory Force in 1980 before being promoted to Chief of the Army. He served as Chief of the SA Defence Force from 1985 to 1990, and was a member of the negotiating team which ended the 23-year-long Border War in 1989.

In 1995, he, former defence minister Magnus Malan, and former army chief General Andreas Liebenberg were tried for murder, as a result of a military operation in which several civilians had been killed. They were all acquitted.

[edit] See also

• List of South African military chiefs
• South African Army