The Chief of the Defence Staff is the highest-ranked officer in the Rwanda Defence Force.
Chief of Staff of the Rwandan Army[]
No. | Portrait | Name
(birth–death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Chief of Staff of the Rwandan Army | ||||||
1 | Major general Déogratias Nsabimana (1945–1994) |
April 1992 | 6 April 1994 † | 2 years | ||
2 | Colonel Marcel Gatsinzi (born 1948) |
7 April 1994 | 17 April 1994 | 10 days | [1] | |
3 | Major general Augustin Bizimungu (born 1952) |
17 April 1994 | July 1994 | 2 months | [2][3] |
Chief of Defence Staff of the Rwandan Patriotic Army/Rwanda Defense Force[]
No. | Portrait | Name
(birth–death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Chief of Defence Staff | ||||||
1 | Major general Sam Kanyemera |
1998 | [4] | |||
2 | Lieutenant general Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa (born 1962) |
1998 | 2002 | 3–4 years | ||
3 | General James Kabarebe (born 1959) |
October 2002 | 10 April 2010 | 7 years, 6 months | ||
4 | Lieutenant general Charles Kayonga (born 1962) |
April 2010 | June 2013 | 3 years, 2 months | ||
5 | General Patrick Nyamvumba (born 1967) |
22 June 2013 | 4 November 2019 | 6 years, 4 months | [5] | |
6 | General Jean Bosco Kazura |
4 November 2019 | 5 June 2023 | 5 years, 1 month | [6] | |
7 | Lieutenant-General Mubarak Muganga (born 1967) |
5 June 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 6 months | [7] |
References[]
- ↑ Guichaoua, André (2015) (in en). From War to Genocide: Criminal Politics in Rwanda, 1990–1994. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 159, 212. ISBN 9780299298203.
- ↑ Dallaire, Roméo. "Ch. 11: To Go or To Stay?". Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. pp. 292–293.
- ↑ Des Forges, Alison (March 1999). Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda – Extending the Genocide → Removing Dissenters. New York: Human Rights Watch. ISBN 1-56432-171-1. https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/1999/rwanda/Geno4-7-04.htm.
- ↑ "Mukezamfura speaks out on General Kaka". newtimes.co.rw. 14 August 2007. https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/729.
- ↑ "Leaders". https://mod.gov.rw/about-the-rdf/leaders/#.Wdn-cGiCzIU.
- ↑ Munyaneza, J. (2019) 'General Kazura Replaces General Nyamvumba as Kagame Shakes Up Top Military Brass', The New Times (Kigali), 5 November 2019, <www.newtimes.co.rw/news/gen-kazura-replaces-gen-nyamvumba-kagame-shakes-top-military-brass>
- ↑ https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/8055/news/security/marizamunda-is-new-defence-minister-as-gen-muganga-becomes-army-chief
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