title: Chief of General Staff (Mozambique)
text: # Chief of General Staff (Mozambique)
  
  The Chief of the General Staff of the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (Portuguese: Chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique; CEMFADM) is the highest-ranked officer in the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces.
  
  ## Chief of Staff
  
  | No. | Photo | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Ref. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Photo | Name (birth–death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
  | 1 | | Lagos Henriques Lidimo | August 1994 | 20 March 2008 | 13 years, 7 months | |
  | 2 | | Paulino Jose Macaringue | 20 March 2008 | 26 June 2013 | 5 years, 98 days | |
  | 3 | | Graça Tomás Chongo | 26 June 2013 | 26 October 2017 | 4 years, 122 days | |
  | 4 | | General do exército Lázaro Henriques Lopes Menete | 26 October 2017 | 14 January 2021 | 3 years, 138 days | |
  | 5 | | General do exército Eugénio Mussa (?–2021) | 14 January 2021 | 8 February 2021 † | 25 days | |
  | 6 | | Almirante Joaquim Rivas Mangrasse | 13 March 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 136 days | |
  