词条 | Pieter van der Westhuizen |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Pieter Willem van der Westhuizen | honorific_suffix = SSAS SM | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 24 December 1937 | death_date = | birth_place = Colesberg, Northern Cape | death_place = | placeofburial = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = {{flag|South Africa|1928}} {{ZAF}} | branch = South African Army | serviceyears = 1959-1985 | rank = Lieutenant General | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = {{plainlist |
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}} | memorials = | spouse = | relations = | laterwork = Ambassador to Chile | signature = | website = | module = }} Pieter van der Westhuizen (born 24 December 1937)[1] was a South African Army officer who served as the Chief of Staff Intelligence from 1978 - 1985 and later Secretary of the State Security Council. BackgroundHe joined the South African Army as Lieutenant in 1959 and would later serve as a troop commander at the 1 Special Service Battalion and later as company commander at 2 South African Infantry Battalion.[2] In 1964 he was appointed to the Infantry School as a instructor.[2] By 1968, he was appointed as a staff officer at the Directorate of Military Intelligence.[2] He completed the French Command & Staff Course in the sixties and was appointed the Commandant Army College in 1974.[2] He commanded Northern Transvaal Command before becoming a Director of Collection at Directorate Military Intelligence in 1976.[2] He was appointed Chief of Staff Intelligence in June 1978.[1] He held that position until 1985 before becoming the Secretary of the State Security Council until 1988.[3]{{rp|Chp2}} Awards and Decorations
References1. ^1 {{cite book|last=Uys|first=Ian|title=South African Military Who's Who 1452-1992|year=1992|publisher=Fortress Publishers|isbn=0-9583173-3-X}} {{s-start}}{{s-dip}}{{s-bef | before = Michal Muller}}{{s-ttl | title = Ambassador to Chile| | years = 1988{{snd}}1990}}{{s-aft | after = Leon Malan Brand }}{{s-gov}}{{s-bef | before = Andre van Deventer}}{{s-ttl | title = Secretary of the State Security Council| years = 1985{{snd}}1988}}{{s-aft | after = Charles Lloyd }}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before =Acting from 1978 - 1980}}{{s-ttl | title =Chief of Staff Intelligence| | years = 1981{{snd}}1985}}{{s-aft | after = Andries Putter }}{{s-bef | before = Phil Pretorius }}{{s-ttl | title =OC Northern Transvaal| | years = 1975{{snd}}1976}}{{s-aft | after = Boytjie Viviers }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:van der Westhuizen, Pieter}}{{SouthAfrica-mil-bio-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite journal|first1=C.J.|last1=Nöthling|first2=E.M.|last2=Meyers|title=Leaders through the years (1912-1982)|journal=Scientaria Militaria|year=1982|volume=12|issue=2|page=93|url=http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/631}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=O'Brien|first1=Kevin A.|title=The South African Intelligence Services: From Apartheid to Democracy, 1948-2005|date=2011|series=Studies in Intelligence Series|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-203-84061-0}} 4 : South African Army generals|1936 births|Ambassadors of South Africa to Chile|Living people |
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