Chief of Staff (Barbados)

Chief of Staff

Incumbent
Commodore Errington Shurland

since 1 September 2021

Headquarters Barbados Defence Force
Abbreviation| COS
Reports to|
President
Prime Minister
Residence| St. Ann's Fort The Garrison
Formation| 15 August 1979
First holder| Colonel Leonard Banfield
Deputy| Deputy Chief of Staff
Website| Official website

The Chief of Staff (COS) is the professional head of the Barbados Defence Force and the most senior uniformed military adviser to the Prime Minister of Barbados (Chairman of the Defence Board and Minister of National Security). The office of the (COS) is responsible for the administrative and operational control of the Barbados military and is based at St. Ann's Fort The Garrison, Saint Michael.

## List of Chiefs

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No. | Picture  | Chief of Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref.

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| Banfield, LeonardColonel
Leonard Banfield| 15 August 1979| 1980| 0–1 years| [1]

| Lewis, RudyardBrigadier
Rudyard Lewis| 1980| 1999| 18–19 years| [1]

| Maynard, DeightonColonel
Deighton Maynard| 1999| September 2003| 3–4 years| [1]

| Quintyne, AlvinColonel
Alvin Quintyne| September 2003| 1 February 2017| 13 years| [1][2]

| Grannum, GlyneColonel
Glyne Sinatra Grannum| 1 February 2017| 31 August 2021| 4 years| [1][2]

| Shurland, ErringtonCommodore
Errington Shurland| 1 September 2021| Incumbent| 2 years, 344 days| [3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Former Command". bdfbarbados.com. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
2. ^ a b "New BDF Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief appointed". loopnewsbarbados.com. LOOP NEWS. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
3. ^ "Change In Leadership At BDF". gisbarbados.gov.bb. BB Government Information Service. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

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Chief of Defence

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* DR Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

states with
limited recognition|

* Somaliland

former|

* Biafra
* Bophuthatswana
* Ciskei
* British Egypt
* Ethiopian Empire
* Rhodesia
* Transkei
* Venda
* Zaire

Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Secretariat of National Defense
* Secretariat of the Navy
* Nicaragua
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* PR of China
* East Timor
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* AJA
* IRGC
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

states with
limited recognition|

* Republic of China (Taiwan)

former|

* Democratic Kampuchea
* Imperial Japan
* Mengjiang
* Manchukuo
* South Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
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* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
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* France
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* Norway
* Poland
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* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
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* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Vatican

states with
limited recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Artsakh
* Kosovo
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

former|

* Austria–Hungary
* Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Independent State of Croatia
* Czechoslovakia
* Prussia
* Imperial Germany
* Nazi Germany
* East Germany
* Ottoman Empire
* Russian Empire
* Republika Srpska
* Republic of Serb Krajina
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

Supranational|

* European Union
* NATO

former|

* Warsaw Pact

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