# Koos Louw

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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](/source/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](/source/Fleet_Command_(SA_Navy)) (2005) and *Director Fleet Logistics* and retired in 2012.[2]

An investigative report published in 1994 by [The Mail & Guardian](/source/Mail_%26_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](/source/Medal_of_Merit_Santos_Dumont) (Brazil)

In 2010 Louw was awarded the [Order of Prince Henry](/source/Order_of_Prince_Henry) by Portugal's ambassador to South Africa.[4]

## References

1. "Koos Louw". *Navy News*. **12** (4). Nov–Dec 1993.

1. Wingrin, Dean (July 17, 2012). ["New Boss for Simon's Town"](http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26814). Defenceweb. Retrieved November 13, 2014.

1. ["What Modise didn't know about DDC"](https://mg.co.za/article/1994-06-17-what-modise-didnt-know-about-ddc/) (in en-ZA). *The Mail & Guardian*. 1994-06-16. Retrieved 2023-05-21.

1. Gibson, Erika (April 6, 2010). ["Portugal honours Simon's Town naval officer"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141113105938/http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/2010/04/06/PQ/5/dlnavy.html). Die Burger. Archived from [the original](http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/2010/04/06/PQ/5/dlnavy.html) on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.

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