Honorific Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia General (Rtd) Tan Sri Dato' Sri |
Mohd Ghazali Mohd Seth | |
Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|محمد غزالي محمد شيث |
Honorific Suffix: | PGAT PMN PSM SPMJ SIMP DHMS DA PNBS JMN PPC |
Order: | 7th |
Office: | Chief of Defence Forces (Malaysia)Chief of Defence Forces |
Term Start: | 20 January 1982 |
Term End: | 31 October 1985 |
Primeminister: | Mahathir Mohamad |
1Blankname: | Minister of Defence |
1Namedata: | Mahathir Mohamad |
Predecessor: | Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar |
Successor: | Mohd Ghazali Che Mat |
Order2: | 7th |
Office2: | Chief of Army (Malaysia)Chief of Army |
Term Start2: | 1 December 1977 |
Term End2: | 19 January 1982 |
Predecessor2: | Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar |
Successor2: | Zain Hashim |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1929 |
Birth Place: | Johor Bahru, Johor, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Death Place: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Resting Place: | Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur |
Spouse: | Norziah Onn (died 2023) |
Children: | 5 (1 deceased) |
Relatives: | Onn Jaafar (father-in-law) Hussein Onn (brother-in-law) Ismail Abdul Rahman (brother-in-law) Hishammuddin Hussein (nephew) Yahya Awang (nephew-in-law) Onn Hafiz Ghazi (grandnephew) |
Profession: | Senior military officer |
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Nickname: | Gary |
Serviceyears: | 1954–1985 |
Rank: | General |
Commands: | Chief of Army (1977–82) Chief of Defence Forces (1982–85) |
Awards: | is not set --> |
General (Rtd) Tan Sri Dato' Sri Mohd Ghazali bin Mohd Seth (4 February 1929 – 24 August 2021) was the 7th Chief of Defence Forces of Malaysia.
Ghazali was born on 4 February 1929 in Johor Bahru, Johore. He was a prodigy of the state of Johore whom attended secondary school at the legendary and prestigious English College (Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar), Johor Bahru in 1946 and had undergone military training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1952. He had served as Army chief (1977–1982) prior to his appointment as the 7th Chief of the Malaysian Defence Forces (1982–1985).[1] [2]
Ghazali died on 24 August 2021 at the Cardiac Vascular Sentral (CVSKL) private hospital due to pneumonia whilst receiving treatment for cancer[3] [4] and was buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur.[5] [6]