Moazzam Ilyas

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Moazzam Ilyas
Born (1965-05-10) May 10, 1965 (age 56)
Lahore, Pakistan
Allegiance Pakistan
Service/branchNaval Jack of Pakistan.svgPakistan Navy
Years of service1984 - 2021(Retd)
RankRear admiral Pakistan Navy insignia.svgUS-O8 insignia.svg Rear Admiral
UnitNaval Operations Branch
Commands held
Battles/wars2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff
2016 India-Pakistan military confrontation
India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2019)
Awards
  • Crescent of Excellence Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-i-Imtiaz
  • Star of Excellence Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-i-Imtiaz

Rear-Admiral (Retired) Muhammad Moazzam Ilyas (Urdu: محمد معظم الياس; b. 10 May 1965), HI(M), SI(M), was a two-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy who has retired from service and his last appointment was Director General Joint Warfare and Training (DG JW&T) at Joint Staff Headquarters (JSHQ).

Biography[]

Moazzam Ilyas joined the Pakistan and got commission in operations branch (communication) in 1984. He is a graduate of , UK. He has master's degrees in Defence Studies from King's College London, and Strategic Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.

Commands and Military Life[]

His command appointments include commands of two Destroyers PNS Badr & PNS Babur as well as three missile boats named PNS Jalalat, and . He has also served as Naval and Air Attache at Tehran, Iran from 2006 to 2009. From there, he was promoted to Commodore in 2009.

Ashore he has served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Operations (ACNS-Ops), Chief Staff Officer to Commander Pakistan Fleet (CSO to COMPAK), as well as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Plans (ACNS-P). Afterwards, he was appointed to Commander North (COMNOR), from where he was promoted to rear admiral.[1]

Rear Admiral Moazzam took over command of Combined Task Force 150 from August 2015[2] to January 2016.[3][4]

He went to become Chief Instructor, Allied Officers Division at the NDU (CI-AOD). He was made Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Training and Evaluation (DCNS T&E) in 2016 and then served as Commandant of the PNWC and Commander Central Punjab (COMCEP) in Lahore.

He was appointed Commander Coastal Areas (COMCOAST) from 1 November 2017.[5] He was shifted to Joint Staff Headquarters (JSHQ) on 20 January 2019 as Director General Joint Warfare & Training (DG JW&T). He is also a member of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. He is also President, Services Sports Control Board at Joint Staff Headquarters. [6] [7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Two PN Commodores promoted as Rear Admirals". nation.com.pk. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  2. ^ "Pakistan Takes Command of Combined Task Force 150". Naval Today. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  3. ^ "France hands over the helm of CTF 150 to Pakistan". combinedmaritimeforces.com. Retrieved 2015-08-04. /
  4. ^ "Change of command at Command Task Force 150 | Navy Daily". news.navy.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  5. ^ "Welcome to ISPR". ispr.gov.pk. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  6. ^ "Pakistan Sports Board, Islamabad". www.sports.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  7. ^ Muazzam Ilyas, Rear Admiral. "NATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATIONS".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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