List of serving general and flag officers of the Singapore Armed Forces

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As of 1 July 2021, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has one three-star general—Chief of Defence Force, 3 two-star generals and 24 one-star generals (to be updated).

Chiefs of Armed Services[edit]

Position Rank and name Photo Date of rank Vocation Decorations Service branch Ref
Chief of Defence Force
(CDF)
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Lieutenant-General
Melvyn Ong Su Kiat
Lt. Gen. Melvyn Ong, Chief of Defence Force, Singapore Armed Forces.jpg
 1 July 2018[a] Guards PPA(E), PPA(P) Singapore Army [1]
Chief of Air Force
(CAF)
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Major-General
Kelvin Khong Boon Leong
Maj. Gen. Kelvin Khong, Chief of Air Force, Singapore Armed Forces.jpg
 1 July 2019[b] Fighter PPA(E), PPA(P), PBS Republic of Singapore
Air Force 		[2]
Chief of Navy
(CNV)
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Rear-Admiral
Aaron Beng Yao Cheng
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 1 January 2021[c] Naval Officer PPA(P) Republic of Singapore Navy [3]
Chief of Army
(COA)
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Major-General
David Neo Chin Wee
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 1 July 2022[d] Commandos PPA(E) Singapore Army [4]
Chief of Digital Intelligence
(CDI)
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Brigadier-General
Lee Yi-Jin
Brig. Gen. Lee Yi-Jin, Chief of Digital and Intelligence Service, Singapore Armed Forces.jpg
 28 October 2022 Artillery PPA(G) Digital and Intelligence Service [5]

Ministry of Defence/Joint Staff[edit]

Rank Name Position Vocation Date of rank Service branch Ref

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Brigadier-General
Mark Tan Ken-Li Defence Cyber Chief / Chief of Staff, Digital and Intelligence Staff Guards 1 July 2017 Singapore Army [6][7]
Yew Chee Leung Director, Military Security Department Armour 1 May 2018 Singapore Army [8][9]
Ng Chad-Son Deputy Secretary (Technology) / Future Systems and Technology Architect Signals 18 May 2018 Singapore Army [10][11]
Frederick Choo Chief of Staff, Joint Staff / Singapore Armed Forces Inspector-General Armour 1 July 2018 Singapore Army [12][13]
Ho Kum Luen Director of Joint Operations Fighters 1 July 2019 Republic of Singapore Air Force [12][2]

Singapore Army[edit]

Rank Name Position Vocation Date of rank Service branch Ref

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Brigadier-General
 Tan Tiong Keat Commandant, SAFTI Military Institute Combat Engineers 1 July 2019 Singapore Army [14]
Adrian Teng Assistant Chief of General Staff (Operations) Artillery 1 July 2022 Singapore Army [15]
Frederick Choo Chief of Staff – Joint Staff Armour 1 July 2020 Singapore Army [16][15]
Goh Si Mien Commander, 25th Division / Chief Armour Officer Armour 1 July 2020 Singapore Army [15]
Andrew Lim Heng Tiew Commander, Training and Doctrine Command Infantry 1 July 2020 Singapore Army [17][18]
Terry Tan Koon Woo Commander, Combat Service Support Command Infantry 1 July 2020 Singapore Army [19][15]
Pang Lead Shuan Commander, 2 People's Defence Force Infantry 1 Jan 2023? Singapore Army [20]
Anand Sathi Kumar Commander, 6th Division / HQ SS Intelligence 1 Jan 2023? Singapore Army
Goh Pei Ming Commander, 3rd Division Infantry Unknown Singapore Army
Tan Cheng Kwee Chief of Staff, General Staff Guards Unknown Singapore Army
Low Wilson Commander, 21st Division / Chief Guards Officer Guards 1 July 2022 Singapore Army
Xu Youfeng Commander, 9th Division / Chief Infantry Officer Infantry 1 July 2022 Singapore Army
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ME8
 Tan Mu Yen Commander, Combat Service Support Command Logistics 1 Jan 2023? Singapore Army

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ganesan, Deenpanraj (28 June 2018). "Chief of Defence Force Melvyn Ong moves up to Lieutenant-General, tops SAF promotion list". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Recognising Over 500 Personnel from MINDEF and SAF". MINDEF. 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Promotion of Chief of Navy". MINDEF. 14 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Officers, Military Experts, Warrant Officers and Defence Executive Officers Recognised at MINDEF/SAF Promotion Ceremonies 2022". MINDEF. 30 June 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. ^ cue (28 October 2022). "BG Lee Yi-Jin appointed SAF's first Chief of Digital and Intelligence Service | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  6. ^ "More than 500 SAF Personnel Promoted". MINDEF. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  7. ^ Teo Jing Ting (20 February 2019). "PIONEER - MINDEF adds two cyber expert schemes, cyber defence school". MINDEF.
  8. ^ "Army News, Issue 251" (PDF). MINDEF. 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Ministry of Defence - Military Security Department". Singapore Government Directory. 21 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Chad-Son Ng, Director Military Intelligence / Chief C4I at Ministry of Defence of Singapore". LinkedIn. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Ministry of Defence". Singapore Government Directory. 21 May 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Singapore Armed Forces - The Joint Staff". Singapore Government Directory. 21 May 2022.
  13. ^ "SAF Young Leader Award 2018". Eunoia Junior College. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  14. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jin-kiat-chua-b39863189/?originalSubdomain=sg[self-published source]
  15. ^ a b c d "Mindef promotes 647 military personnel". The Straits Times. 26 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Army". www.mindef.gov.sg.
  17. ^ "gov.sg | A". www.sgdi.gov.sg.
  18. ^ "The Singapore Army on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.[user-generated source]
  19. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^ "724 personnel from Mindef and SAF promoted in annual exercise". The Straits Times. 25 June 2021.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ LG Ong assumed the office of CDF on 23 March 2018 but was promoted to lieutenant-general on 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ MG Khong assumed the office of COAF on 22 March 2019 but was promoted to major-general on 1 July 2019.
  3. ^ RADM Beng was appointed CNV on 23 March 2020 as a rear-admiral (one-star); he was promoted to rear admiral (two-star) on 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ MG Neo assumed the office of COA on 10 March 2022 but was promoted to major-general on 1 July 2022.
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