Moazzam Ilyas

Rear-Admiral Muhammad Moazzam Ilyas (Urdu: محمد معظم الياس; b. 10 May 1965), HI(M), SI(M), is a two-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy, currently serving as Director General Joint Warfare and Training at Joint Staff Headquarters (JSHQ) since 2019.

Moazzam Ilyas
Rear Admiral Moazzam Ilyas
Born (1965-05-10) May 10, 1965
Lahore, Pakistan
Allegiance Pakistan
Service/branchPakistan Navy
Years of service1984 - Present
Rank Rear Admiral
UnitNaval Operations Branch
Commands held
Battles/wars2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff
2016 India-Pakistan military confrontation
India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2019)
Awards
  • Hilal-i-Imtiaz
  • Sitara-i-Imtiaz

Biography

He joined the Pakistan Navy in 1980 and commissioned in the term 84-A. He is a graduate of Joint Command and Staff College Shrivenham, UK. He has master's degrees in Defence Studies from King's College London, and Strategic Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.

Commands and Military Life

His command appointments include commands of two Destroyers Badr & Babur as well as three missile boats named PNS Jalalat, Himmat and Haibat. He has also served as Naval and Air Attache at Tehran, Iran from 2006 to 2009. From there, he was promoted to Commodore in 2009.

Ashore he has served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Operations (ACNS-Ops), Chief Staff Officer to Commander Pakistan Fleet (CSO to COMPAK), as well as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Plans (ACNS-P). Afterwards, he was appointed to Commander North (COMNOR), from where he was promoted to Rear Admiral.[1]

Rear Admiral Moazzam took over command of Combined Task Force 150 from August 2015[2] to January 2016.[3][4]

He went to become Chief Instructor, Allied Officers Division at the NDU (CI-AOD). He was made Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Training and Evaluation (DCNS T&E) in 2016 and then served as Commandant of the PNWC and Commander Central Punjab (COMCEP) in Lahore.

He was appointed Commander Coastal Areas (COMCOAST) from 1 November 2017.[5] He was shifted to Joint Staff Headquarters (JSHQ) on 20 January 2019 as Director General Joint Warfare & Training (DG JW&T). He is also a member of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.

References
  1. "Two PN Commodores promoted as Rear Admirals". nation.com.pk. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  2. "Pakistan Takes Command of Combined Task Force 150". Naval Today. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  3. "France hands over the helm of CTF 150 to Pakistan". combinedmaritimeforces.com. Retrieved 2015-08-04. /
  4. "Change of command at Command Task Force 150 | Navy Daily". news.navy.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  5. "Welcome to ISPR". ispr.gov.pk. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
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