List of Chiefs of Defence from 1990-2020
1. Lieutenant General Mweukefina Kulaumone Jerobeam Dimo Hamaambo, he was the first Chief of Defence Force from 1990-2000, went into exile in 1962 and became Deputy Commander of PLAN after receiving military training in Algeria and USSR...

In 2000, he was replaced by Dumeni Solomon Jesus Auala also known as the “Butcher of Lubango” since he was in charge of detainee camps of SWAPO, maybe he should knows what happened to the comrades.

Replaced by Lieutenant General Martin Shali in 2006, General Shali who joined PLAN in exile in 1971, served as PLAN Chief of Air Defence and eventually Chief of Staff of the North Eastern Front, then PLAN Chief of Operations...

When General Shali was suspended, Major General Petrus Kagadhinwa Nambundunga acted as the Chief of Defence in 2009, he went into exile in 1975, where he served as Chief Instructor.

Major Gen Nambundunga was subsequently replaced when Lieutenant General Epaphras Denga Ndaitwa was appointed Chief of Defence in 2011, he joined PLAN in 1974 where he went on to receive military training in these countries: Russia, Yugoslavia, India, Nigeria, Zambia and Tanzania.

He was replaced by Lt Gen. John Sinvula Mutwa who joined PLANin 1974, he went on to receive military training in Tanzania and Yugoslavia, he served as Regional Staff Officer for Admin on the Eastern Front and as Regional Chief of Reconnaissance at the Eastern and Northern Fronts.

General Mutwa was replaced by the current CDF, Air Marshal Martin Kambulu Pinehas who joined PLAN in 1980, he received military training in Cuba and Libya where specialized in Jet Flying.