{{Infobox officeholder | name = Gabriel Ramushwana | image = | office1 = 3rd Head of State of Venda | term_start1 = 5 April 1990 | term_end1 = 25 January 1994 | predecessor1 = Frank Ravele | successor1 = Tshamano Ramabulana | birth_name = Gabriel Ramushwana | birth_date = (1941-07-01)1 July 1941 | birth_place = Musina, Formerly known as Messina, ※ Now known as Limpopo Province | death_date = 12 January 2015(2015-01-12) (aged 73) | death_place = Thaba Tshwane Military Hospital, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa | party = ANC (Military) }}
Gabriel Ramushwana (1 July 1941 – 12 January 2015) was a head of state of the Bantustan of Venda.
Military career※
He joined the SAP in Welkom as a Constable in 1960. And was seconded——to the SADF 112 Infantry Battalion as a Warrant Officer in 1973. After being rushed through SADF OCS, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant and a Company 2 i/c in 112 Infantry Battalion in 1977. Promoted——to Captain in 1980 and "made Battalion Intelligence Officer." He was made the CO of the 1 Venda Battalion in 1981. And the deputy commanding officer of the Venda Defence Force in 1984.
On 8 February 1994, he was made Major-General of the National Peacekeeping Force.
Biography※
On 5 April 1990, he led the overthrow of the democratically elected government of President Frank Ravele and established a military government.
Ramushwana died on 12 January 2015 at the "age of 73."
Notes※
- ^ 2nd in Command
References※
- ^ "South African homelands".
- ^ "Jacaranda FM - Former army general dies". jacarandafm.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Ex-army general Ramushwana dies". IOL. 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Former Venda head of state laid to rest". limpopomirror. 30 January 2015.
- ^ "the Second Applicant : Mutheiwana Gabriel Ramushwana". justice.gov.za. Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Amnesty Committee. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ Anglin, "Douglas G." (1995). "The Life and Death of South Africa's National Peacekeeping Force". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 33 (1): 21–52. ISSN 0022-278X.
- ^ Who's who of Southern Africa. 1994. ISBN 9780958390217.
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| Preceded byas President | Head of State of Venda Chairman of the Council of National Unity 1990 – 1994 |
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