Davidson Masuku

Davidson Themba Masuku
Born	(1940-03-08)8 March 1940
Died	4 April 2000(2000-04-04) (aged 60) Johannesburg, South Africa
Allegiance	South Africa
Service/branch	South African Military Health Service
Commands held	Chief of the SAMHS

Lieutenant-General Davidson Masuku SSAS MMM (8 March 1940^[1] - 17 April 2000^[2]) was a South African military commander and physician. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress, and was its Chief of Health Services from 1993 to 1994, when MK was incorporated into the South African National Defence Force.

He commanded the South African Military Health Service, as Surgeon-General, from 1997 to 2000.^[3]

Medical career

He was trained as a doctor in Russia and qualified in 1981 as a surgeon.^[4]

Military offices
Preceded by Daniel Knobel	Chief of the South African Military Health Service 1997 – 2000	Succeeded by Jurinus Janse van Rensburg

Persondata
Name	Masuku, Davidson
Alternative names
Short description	South African general and Doctor
Date of birth	8 March 1940
Place of birth
Date of death	17 April 2000
Place of death	Johannesburg, South Africa

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