MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS OPPONG-PEPRAH
Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah was commissioned into the Ghana Armed
Forces in 1986 as
part of Regular Career Course 26 and was posted to the Armoured
Reconnaissance Regiment as a
Second Lieutenant.
His civil educational qualifications include a Master of Arts in
International Security and
Strategy from Kings College, London (2013 to 2014) and an Executive
Master of Business
Administration (Human Resource Management) from University of Ghana,
Legon (2006 to 2007).
He also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Administration (Human
Resource Management) from
the University of Ghana (1999 to 2004) and a Post-Graduate Certificate
in Public
Administration from Ghana Institute of Management and Public
Administration (1998).
Major General Oppong-Peprah has undertaken several career progression
courses. These include the Combined/Joint Forces Land Component
Commanders Course at USA Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (April
2021); the Defence Studies at the Royal
College of Defence, London, United
Kingdom (2013 – 2014); Senior Intelligence Course at the Joint Intelligence Centre, Strasbourg, France (2010); Law of Combating Terrorism at the Defence Institute of International Legal Studies, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (2009); and Senior Command and Staff Course at the US Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA (2000-2001).
Other career progression courses undertaken are Senior Command and Staff
Course at Ghana
Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Accra (1998 to 1999); Junior Command
and Staff
Course at the Command and Staff College, Kaduna, Nigeria (1997); and Armour
Officer Basic
Course at the US Army Armour School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA
(1996).
Appointments held in the course of his career include Aide-de-Camp to the
Chief of the Army
Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff, Ghana Armed Forces (1995 to 1997), and
Operations/Training Officer, 64 Infantry Regiment, (1999 to 2000).
He became the Commanding Officer, 64 Infantry Regiment from 2002 to 2009,
with additional
appointment as Commanding Officer, Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, (2004
to 2005). He was
also the Coordinator of State Transport Security (2001 to 2008) and
Instructor, Disaster
Management Course, Army Combat Training School, Teshie (2001 to 2005).
Other appointments held are Director, Strategic Intelligence Assessment of
the Defence
Intelligence Department, General Headquarters (2009 to 2011) and Director
Operations and
Plans, Defence Industries Department, General Headquarters (2011 to 2013).
He also held the
appointments of Director Army Training and Director Army Peacekeeping
Operations at the Army
Headquarters in Sep 14 to Feb 16 and Feb to Jul 16, respectively. He assumed
the office of
Chief Staff Officer at the same headquarters from Jul 16 to Feb 17.
Prior to his appointment as the Chief of Staff at the General Headquarters,
he was the
General Officer Commanding, Southern Command of the Ghana Army (Feb 17 to
Jan 19). After
being Chief of Staff at the General Headquarters for about a year, he was
appointed the
Chief of the Army Staff in March 2020, a position he currently
holds.
In international peacekeeping operations, Maj Gen Oppong-Peprah served as
Humanitarian
Officer, United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda (June to December
1994); Military
Observer, United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group in Libya/Chad (March to
May 1994); G4
Transport and Plans, United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western
Sahara (1993) and
Detachment Second-In- Command/Troop Leader, United Nations Interim Force in
Lebanon/Israel
(1987, 1989, 1992)
He is a board member of the Governing Council of the National Disaster
Management
Organisation (NADMO).
Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah is married with five children. He enjoys
horse riding,
soccer, travelling, watching movies and jogging.
