Ravinder Singh (general)

Ravinder Singh
Birth name Ravinder Singh s/o Harchand Singh
Born 1965
Allegiance Singapore
Service/branch Singapore Army
Years of service 1982–2009[1]
2011–present
Rank Major-General
Commands held 3 Signal Battalion
2 Singapore Infantry Brigade
6th Division, Singapore Army
Singapore Army

Major-General (MG) Ravinder Singh s/o Harchand Singh (born 1965) is the current Chief of the Singapore Army, having replaced the retiring Chan Chun Sing on 25 March 2011. Before taking up the post, he was deputy secretary of technology at Mindef.[2]

Singh served as a regular in the Singapore Army from his enlistment in 1982 until 2009, when he left the service to join the defence ministry. He is the highest-ranking officer to have rejoined Singapore's military after reaching the end of his or her military contract.[1] He was promoted to the rank of Major-General on 1 July 2011.

Singh is an SAF Overseas Scholarship recipient and his alma mater include the University of Oxford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2]

Singh is the first non-Chinese Singaporean Chief of Army since the post was created[3] and the first non-Chinese to hold a significant leadership role since 1982.[1][4]

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Chow, Jermyn (5 March 2011). "Mindef deputy secretary to be chief of army". The Straits Times: p. A3. 
  2. ^ a b "SAF to get new army chief". Channel NewsAsia. 4 March 2011. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1114339/1/.html. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 
  3. ^ "What it should have been". Sunday Times: p. 4. 6 March 2011. 
  4. ^ http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2011/mar/25mar11_nr2.html
Military offices
Preceded by
Maj.-Gen. Chan Chun Sing
Chief of the Singapore Army
March 25, 2011–
Incumbent