Chief of General Staff (Mozambique)

The Chief of the General Staff of the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (Portuguese: Chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique; CEMFADM) is the highest-ranked officer in the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces.

Chief of the General Staff
Chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique (Portuguese)
Flag of the armed forces
Incumbent Major-general Julio dos Santos Jane since 10 April 2025
Mozambique Defence Armed Forces
Reports to	Minister of National Defence
Appointer	President
Formation	1975
Website	Official website

List of officeholders

People's Republic of Mozambique (1975–1990)

Republic of Mozambique (1990–present)

No.	Photo	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Lagos Henriques Lidimo	August 1994	20 March 2008	13 years, 7 months	[1][2]
2		Paulino Jose Macaringue	20 March 2008	26 June 2013	5 years, 98 days	[2][3]
3		Graça Tomás Chongo	26 June 2013	26 October 2017	4 years, 122 days	[3][4]
4		General do exército Lázaro Henriques Lopes Menete	26 October 2017	14 January 2021	3 years, 138 days	[5][6]
5		General do exército Eugénio Mussa (?–2021)	14 January 2021	8 February 2021 †	25 days	[7]
6		Almirante Joaquim Rivas Mangrasse	13 March 2021	10 April 2025	4 years, 28 days	[8]
7		Major-general Julio dos Santos Jane	10 April 2025	Incumbent	118 days	[9]