Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar

Yang Berbahagia General (Rtd) Tan Sri Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar PMN SPTS DPMS JMN
6th Chief of Defence Forces
In office 1 December 1977 – 19 January 1981
Monarch	Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah
Prime Minister	Hussein Onn
Minister of Defence	Hussein Onn Abdul Taib Mahmud
Preceded by	Ibrahim Ismail
Succeeded by	Mohd Ghazali Mohd Seth
6th Chief of Army
In office 1 July 1975 – 30 November 1977
Preceded by	Ungku Nazaruddin Ungku Mohamed
Succeeded by	Mohd Ghazali Mohd Seth
Personal details
Born	1926 (1926) Selayang, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	22 August 2015(2015-08-22) (aged 88–89) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Resting place	Royal Malay Regiment Cemetery, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan
Military service
Allegiance	Malaysia
Branch/service	Malaysian Army
Rank	General

General Mohd Sany bin Abdul Ghaffar (1926 – 22 August 2015) was the 6th Chief of Defence Forces of Malaysia.^[1]

Death[]

Mohd Sany passed away on 22 August 2015 and was buried at the Armed Forces cemetery in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.^[2]

Honours[]

Honours of Malaysia[]

•  Malaysia :
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (JMN) (1967)^[3]
  • Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN) – Tan Sri (1978)^[4]
•  Selangor :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (DPMS) – Dato' (1976)^[5]
•  Perak :
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of Taming Sari (SPTS) – Dato' Seri Panglima (1978)^[6]

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