Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant General |
Heinrich du Toit | |
Allegiance: | South Africa |
Rank: | Lieutenant General |
Commands: | Chief of Staff Intelligence |
Lieutenant General Hein du Toit (born 1926)[1] was a South African Army officer who served as Chief of Staff Intelligence.
Du Toit joined the UDF in 1953.[1] By 1964 he was a staff officer in Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI).[1] He was appointed its deputy director in 1966. On 19 July 1971 he became the Director of the DMI, a position he held until 30 April 1974.[1] The Directors position was renamed as the Chief of Staff Intelligence on the 1 May 1974 and he held it until 31 December 1977.[1] He was also known as a historian, a former state archivist, heraldist and earned a LLB degree.[2] After retirement from the SADF he served on the Heraldry Council of South Africa until 1995. He was also a professor of at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) after he retired from the military.[2]