BALI, Gen. Domkat Yah (Rtd)

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Born February 27, 1940,
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Langtang, Plateau State

General

BALI,

Domkat

Yah
HRM. GEN. Domkat Yah Bali (born 27 February 1940 - died 4 December 2020) was the Ponzhi Tarok since December, 2010. He was a retired four-star General of the Nigerian Army. He was Minister of Defence and member of the Supreme Military Council of 1984–1985, and the Armed Forces Ruling Council of 1985–1990. Bali joined the Nigerian Army in 1961 and was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was announced the Ponzhi Tarok and paramount ruler of the Tarok people in December,2010 by the chairman of the kingmakers and Madakin Langtang, HRH Daniel Lamda Bongtur after gaining a vast majority of votes. HRM. GEN. Domkat Bali was born in Langtang, Plateau State to the family of Hassan Bali Tabut and Yinkat Bali. He had his primary education at Mban, Langtang and from 1955 to 1960, he attended the provincial secondary school at Kuru. He undertook further military courses at Camberley, London.[1] He entered Nigerian Military Training College in 1961 and in 1964, he was a lieutenant and troop commander. Bali became captain a year later in 1965. In 1966, he was battery commander and during the Nigerian Civil War, he was a regimental commander. He was made major in 1968. Between 1970 and 1971, Bali was commander, Corps of Artillery and later became a colonel at the Second Infantry Division in Ibadan. In 1973, he was posted to Akure as the commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade, he was adjutant general Nigerian army in 1975, commander Corps of Artillery in 1976 and in 1978, he was the GOC of the First Infantry Division, Kaduna. Prior to becoming Defense Minister in 1984, he was Commandant of the Nigerian Armed Forces Command and Staff College from 1981 to 1983[2] and later director of army training and operations.[citation needed] He resigned from the army on January 10, 1990 . He was the Chairman of HFP Engineering, builders of Victoria Garden City, Lagos Nigeria. In December, 2010, he was selected by the Tarok kingmakers headed by the Madakin Langtang, HRH Daniel Lamda Bongtur to Succeed the Lt. Hrm. Edward Cirdap Zhattau(oon.) As the Ponzhi Tarok, the paramount ruler of the Tarok people of plateau state. He is married to Esther Bali an educationist and they have two children, Nanna and Ponfa.
Gender: Male
Name of Spouse Esther Jumai Nanshep Lar 1968,
State of Origin: Plateau State
Father's Name Hassan Bali Tabut
Father's Status N/A
Mother's Name Yinkat Bali
Mother's Status N/A
Number of Male Children 1
Number of Female Children 1
Profession Army officer , Farmer
Working Experience Minister of Defence , Chief of Defence Staff , General Officer Commanding 81 Division, Lagos
Previous Appointments:

Appointed at Tin Mines of Jos; enlisted in the Nigerian Army 1961;Troop Commander, 1964;com missioned Lieutenant, 1964 and promoted Captain, 1965; Battery Commander, NA, 1966; Commander, Artillery Regiment, NA, 1967-69; promoted Major, 1968; Com mander, Corps of Artillery, NA, 1970-71; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, NA, 1970; Colonel General Staff, 2 Infantry Division, Ibadan, 1973; promoted Colonel, 1973; Commander, 9’lnfantry Brigade, NA, Akure, 1974-75; appointed Adjutant-General, NA, 1975-76; promoted Brigadier 1976; Com mander, Corps of Artillery, NA, 1976-77; General Officer Commanding, 1st Mechanised Infantry Division, Kaduna, 1978; General Officer Commanding, 4 In fantry Division, Lagos, 1978-79; promoted Major-General, 1979; Commandant, Com mand and Staff College, Jaji, 1981-83; Di rector,ArmyTrainingand Operations, 1983; appointed Minister of Defence andChiefof Defence Staffand member, defunct Supreme Military Council, Lagos, 1984-85; appointed Chairman, Joint Chiefs ofStaffand member, Armed Forces Ruling Council and Minister of Defence, 1985-90; promoted Lieutenant- General, 1978; Retired from Service, 1990; Head, Yakubu Gowon Centre; Chairman, Pan-African Association ofTelecommunica tions congress (PATCO) for the West Afri can region;

Elementary Schools at Mban and Langtang, Plateau State, Provincial Secondary School, Kuru, 1955- 60, Nigerian Military Training College, Ka duna, April-August, 1961, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England, 1962-63, Gunnery Staff Course, Larkhill, UK, 1968 and 1969, StaffCollege, Camberley, Surrey, England, 1972, Royal College of Defence, Cowdon, UK, 1980;
N/A

Bunu of Langtang, March, 1991;
Ponzhi Tarok

Recipient, Officer of the Orderof the Fed eral Republic (OFR); Grand Commander of the Order ofthe Niger, 1990;National Deco BALOGUN rations: Recipient, Defence Service Medal, National Service Medal, Republic Service Medal, General Service Medal, Forces Ser vice Star;

War Cries, Civiletis Publishers, 1988;

gold, table ten nis, scrabble, chess, billiards, lawn tennis

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Alive
4 December 2020
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