The International Fellows Hall of Fame was established in 1999. The purpose of this program is to provide a prestigious and visible means of honoring National Defense University (NDU) graduates who have attained through merit the highest positions in their nation’s armed forces, service component, or government, or who have held an equivalent position in a multinational organization. Members of the International Fellows Hall of Fame are recognized in a formal ceremony on NDU campus. Their photographs are displayed in Marshall Hall in the Hall of Fame area. Please contact ISMO at ismo@ndu.edu if you have questions about IHOF.
Current Members of the International Fellows Hall of Fame
Class of 1987
General (Ret) Carlos Maria Zabala, Chief of Armed Forces, Joint Staff, Argentina, NDU Class of 1987
Admiral (Ret) Christopher Barrie, Chief of Defense Forces, Australia, NDU Class of 1987
Lieutenant General (Ret) Daniel Opande, Forces Commander, United Nations Missions in Sierra Leone and Liberia , NDU Class of 1987
General (Ret) Tan Sri bin Hassan, Chief of Malaysian Army, Malaysia, NDU Class of 1987
Class of 1991
Brigadier General (Ret) Wilson Boinett, Director of Kenya’s National Intelligence Service, NDU Class of 1991
Lieutenant General (Ret) William Hotchkiss, Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force, NDU Class of 1991
Class of 1992
Air Vice Marshal (Ret) Mohammed Mahfoudh Al-Ardi, Commander, Royal Air Force Oman, NWC Class of 1992
Class of 1993
General (Ret) Lamine Cisse, Special Representative to the UN Secretary General and Executive Director of the UN Office in Central Africa Republic, NDU Class of 1993
Class of 1994
Lieutenant General Olli-Matti Multamäki, Chief of the Finnish Army, NWC Class of 1994
General (Ret) Carlos Alberto Ospina Ovalle, Commander, Colombian Army, NWC Class of 1994
Dr. Prabhakaran Paleri, Director General of Indian Coast Guard, NWC Class of 1994
Lieutenant General (Ret) Agus Widjojo, Indonesian Ambassador to the Philippines, NWC Class of 1994
Class of 1995
Admiral (Ret) José Santiago Valdés Álvarez, Chief of General Staff of Mexican Navy (2011-2012), ICAF/ES Class of 1995
Class of 1996
General (Ret) Lojas Fodor, Commander, Hungarian Defense Forces and Chief of Defense Staff, Hungary, NWC Class of 1996
Lieutenant General (Ret) Andrii Taran, Minister of Defense, Ukraine, ES Class of 1996
Class of 1997
Lieutenant General (Ret) Svein Ivar Hansen, Chief of Defense Staff, Deputy Chief of Defense, Norwegian Armed Forces, ICAF Class of 1997
General Dato’ Seri Ismail bin Hassan, Chief of Army, Malaysia, NWC Class of 1997
Lieutenant General (Ret) Saeed Alromaithi, Deputy Chief of Staff of UAE Armed Forces, NWC Class of 1997
Class of 1998
Major General (Ret) Benjamin Gantz, Chief of Israeli Ground Forces Command, ICAF Class of 1998
Lieutenant General (Ret) Edward Pietrzyk, Commander-in-chief of the Polish Land Forces, NWC Class of 1998
Vice Admiral (Ret) Wolfram Kühn, Chief of Staff of the Joint Support Service, NWC Class of 1998
Class of 1999
Major General (Ret) Michael Atherly, Chief of Staff, Guyana Defence Force, ICAF Class of 1999
General (Ret) Pavel Stefka, Chief of the General Staff, Armed Forces of Czech Republic, NWC Class of 1999
General (Ret) Czeslaw Piatas, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, NWC Class of 1999
Vice Admiral Mitko Alexandrov Petev, Commander of the Bulgarian Navy, JFSC Class of 1999
Class of 2000
General (Ret) Martin Agwai, Chief of the Army Staff, Nigeria, Industrial College of the Armed Forces Class of 2000
Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States, ICAF Class of 2000
General (Ret) Miecyslaw Cieniuch, Chief of General Staff of Polish Armed Forces, ICAF Class of 2000
Mr. Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia, ICAF Class of 2000
Major General (Ret) Mahamane Touré, Chief of the General Staff and Services, Mali, NWC Class of 2000
Class of 2001
Lieutenant General (Ret) Ryszard Olszewski, Chief of Air and Air Defense Forces Poland, NWC class of 2001
Lieutenant General (Ret) Gheorghe Catrina, Chief of Staff, Romanian Air Force, ICAF Class of 2001
General (Ret) Werner Freers, Chief of the Staff of German Army, NWC Class of 2001
General (Ret) Dato’ Sri Zulkifeli bin Mohd Zin, Chief of Staff of Malaysian Armed Forces, ICAF Class of 2001
Major General (Ret) Gordan Cacic (1961-2008), State Secretary of the Croatian Ministry of Defense, ICAF Class of 2001
Lieutenant General (Ret) Carlo Magrassi, Italian Secretary General of Defense/National Armaments Director, Italy, NWC Class of 2001
Class of 2002
Admiral (Ret) Datuk Mohd Amdan bin Kurish, Director General of Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, ICAF Class of 2002
Brigadier General (Ret) Roberto Efrain Rodriguez Giron, Commander of the Guatemalan Air Force, ICAF Class of 2002
General (Ret) Franciszek Gagor, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, NWC Class of 2002
Major General (Ret) Mouhamadou Moustapha Diawara, Chief of Staff of Senegalese Air Force, ICAF Class of 2002
Class of 2003
Lieutenant General (Ret) Asif Yasin Malik, Secretary of Defense of Pakistan, ICAF Class of 2003
Major General Edvardas Mažeikis, Commander of Lithuanian Air Force, ICAF Class of 2003
General (Ret) Emmanuel Bautista, Chief of Staff of the Philippine Armed Forces, JFSC Class of 2003
Vice Admiral (Ret) Tomasz Mathea, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Navy, ICAF Class of 2003
Lieutenant General Hans-Peter Walser, Chief of Training and Education Command & Deputy Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces, ICAF Class of 2003
Class of 2004
General (Ret) Sergio Mantilla Sanmiguel, Commander of Colombian Army, ICAF Class of 2004
General Andika Perkasa, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army, NWC Class of 2004
Major General (Ret) Juan Jose Ruiz Morales, Guatemalan Minister of Defense, ICAF Class of 2004
General (Ret) Drago Lovric, Chief of General Staff of Croatian Armed Forces, ICAF Class of 2004
Lieutenant General Franz Reissner, Commander of the Austrian Land Forces, NWC Class of 2004
Admiral (Ret) Travis Sinniah, Former Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy, CISA Class of 2004
Class of 2005
Major General (Ret) Kenrick Maharaj, Chief of Defence Staff, Trinidad & Tobago, CISA Class of 2005 (3-05)
Major General (Ret) Alojz Steiner, Chief of General Staff of Slovenian Armed Forces, ICAF Class of 2005
Lieutenant General Raimonds Graube, Commander of the National Armed Forces of Republic of Latvia, ICAF Class of 2005
Vice Admiral (Ret) Raymond Griggs, Chief of Australian Navy, NWC Class of 2005
Lieutenant General (Ret) Lech Majewski, Commander of Polish Air Force, NWC Class of 2005
General Griffin Phiri, Commander of the Malawi Defense Force, NWC Class of 2005
Lieutenant General (Ret), Dr. Dennis Gyllensporre, Force Commander, MINUSMA (UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali), JFSC Class of 2005
Class of 2006
Lieutenant General (Ret) Marciano Norman, Chief of Indonesian State Intelligence Agency, NWC Class of 2006
General (Ret) Jaime Lasprilla, Commander of Colombian Army, NWC Class of 2006
General Koji Yamazaki, Chief of Staff of Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, NWC Class of 2006
Class of 2007
Major General (Ret) Saliou Ndiaye, Chief of Staff of Senegalese Army, NWC Class of 2007
Brigadier General Tupou Fielakepa, Chief of the Defense Staff for His Majesty's Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Tonga, JFSC Class of 2007
Class of 2008
General (Ret) Ricardo Gómez Nieto, Commander of the Colombian National Army, NWC Class of 2008
Admiral (Ret) Hernando Wills-Velez, Commander of the Colombian Navy, CISA Class of 2008
Brigadier General (Ret) Ousmane Kane, Chief of Staff of the Senegal Air Force, NWC Class of 2008
Class of 2009
Major General (Ret) Dobran Bozic, Chief of General Staff of Slovenian Armed Forces, NWC Class of 2009
Lieutenant General (Ret) Raimo Jyväsjärvi, Chief of Finnish Army, ICAF Class of 2009
Lieutenant General Daniel Baumgartner, Former Commander of the Swiss Land Forces, NWC Class of 2009
General Joseph Aoun, Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, CISA Class of 2009
Mr. Shaida Mohammad Abdali, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to India, CISA Class of 2009
Lieutenant General Alkiviadis Stefanis, Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff, NWC Class of 2009
Major General (Ret) Michael Beary, Head of Mission and Force Commander UNIFIL, NWC Class of 2009
Lieutenant General Josef Kopecký, Commander of the Land Forces, Czech Republic, NWC Class of 2009
Major General Molefi Seikano, Commander of Logistics Command and former Commander of the Botswanan Ground Forces, CISA Class of 2009
Class of 2010
Mr. Mikk Marran, Director General of Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, ES Class of 2010
Major General Miha Skerbinc, Commander of Slovenian Armed Forces, ES Class of 2010
Class of 2011
Vice Admiral (Ret) Mohamed Sane, Chief of Staff of Senegalese Navy, NWC Class of 2011
General Daniel Petrescu, Chief of Defense Staff, Romanian Armed Forces, NWC Class of 2011
Class of 2012
Vice Admiral (Ret) Abdulla Shamaal, Chief of Defence Force of the Maldives, CISA Class of 2012
Minister Anatolie Nosatîi, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Moldova, NWC Class of 2012
General Luis Carlos Córdoba Avendaño, Commander of the Colombian Air Force, CISA Class of 2012
Class of 2013
Ambassador Cheikh Gueye, Ambassador of Senegal to Ankara, CISA Class of 2013
General (Ret) Andres Centino, Former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, ES Class of 2013
Rear Admiral Jarosław Ziemiański, Inspector for the Polish Navy, ES Class of 2013
Class of 2015
Rear Admiral Krzysztof Jaworski, Maritime Component Commander for the Polish Navy, ES Class of 2015
Class of 2016
Lieutenant General Siniša Jurković, Commander of the Croatian Army, NWC Class of 2016
Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki, Commander of the Finnish Army, NWC Class of 2016
Class of 2017
Lieutenant General Gábor Böröndi, Chief of Land Forces, Hungary, NWC Class of 2017
Lieutenant Boris Šerić, Commander of the Croatian Army, ES Class of 2017