Lieutenant General Wessel Kritzinger (1942 â 2024) was a South African Army general, who served as Chief of Staff Operations for the Defence Force.
He was a qualified military parachutist and served as the OC Infantry School, OC Eastern Province Command, GOC Wits Command before being appointed to the DHQ as the Chief of Staff Operations in 1992 - 1997. He retired at the end of July 1997.