| Honorific prefix | Rear Admiral (JG) |
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| Birth date | 17 July 1952 (age 74) |
| Service years | c. 1971–2012 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral (JG) |
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| Battles | Border War |
Rear Admiral Koos Louw (born 17 July 1952)[1] is a retired South African Navy officer.
He served as Flag Officer Commanding Naval Base Simon's Town twice, first from 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2005 and again from November 2006 to July 2012.[2]
He also served as Chief of Fleet Staff at Fleet Command (2005) and Director Fleet Logistics and retired in 2012.[2]
An investigative report published in 1994 by The Mail & Guardian exposes Louw as a former member of an apartheid-era covert intelligence and assassination unit, the Directorate of Covert Collections (DCC).[3]
Honours and awards
- Medal of Merit Santos Dumont (Brazil)
In 2010 Louw was awarded the Order of Prince Henry by Portugal's ambassador to South Africa.[4]
References
- ^ "Koos Louw". Navy News. 12 (4). Nov–Dec 1993.
- ^ Wingrin, Dean (July 17, 2012). "New Boss for Simon's Town". Defenceweb. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- ^ "What Modise didn't know about DDC" (in en-ZA). The Mail & Guardian. 1994-06-16. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- ^ Gibson, Erika (April 6, 2010). "Portugal honours Simon's Town naval officer". Die Burger. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.