Lieutenant General Rudolf Badenhorst (1940[1] – 2012) was a South African Army general, who served as Chief of Staff Intelligence for the Defence Force. He died in 2012.[2]
Military career
He served as Deputy Chief of the Army from 1 November 1987[1] In 1989 he was appointed to the Military Intelligence Division as the Chief of Staff Intelligence, a post he held until 1991.[3]: Chp4 Badenhorst left the army at his own request retiring in early 1991 after 30 years of service.[4]
Death
Badenhorst died on 10 November 2012 of pneumonia and heart failure at the George-Medi-clinic in George, Western Cape.[2] He had outlived his wife Ina by less than a month and is survived by four children and eleven grandchildren.[2]
Awards and decorations
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