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Kigali, Ruanda-Urundi. Died. 7 March 2023. (2023-03-07) (aged 75) Brussels, Belgium. Marcel Gatsinzi ( / mɑːrˈsɛl ɡɑːtˈsɪnzi / ⓘ) (9 January 1948 – 7 March 2023) was a Rwandan soldier and politician, who was Minister of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs from 2010 to 2013. Gatsinzi also served as Rwanda's Minister of Defence ...
The U.S. Army's Area Handbook for Rwanda, compiled in 1968–9, describes the security forces of Rwanda in 1969 as the 2,500 strong National Guard and the National Police, about 1,200 strong. [ 5 ] The Forces armées rwandaises (FAR) was the national army of Rwanda until July 1994, when the government collapsed in the aftermath of the Rwandan ...
The Military ranks of Rwanda are the military insignia used by the Rwandan Defence Forces. Rwanda is a landlocked country, and does therefore not possess a navy. Commissioned officer ranks
Chief of Staff of the Rwandan Army. 1. Major general. Déogratias Nsabimana. (1945–1994) April 1992. 6 April 1994 †. 2 years. 2.
Date apprehended. August 2002. Augustin Bizimungu (born 28 August 1952) is a Rwandan convicted war criminal and former general of the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR). On 16 April 1994, at the start of the genocide against the Tutsi, he was appointed chief of staff of the army and promoted to the rank of major general. [1][2] In 2011, he was ...
Gen. Marcel Gatsinzi: November 2002 April 2010 8 9 Gen. James Kabarebe : April 2010 October 2018 8 10 Maj. Gen. Albert Murasira: October 2018 [3] 6 June 2023 5 11 Brig.-Gen. Juvenal Marizamunda: 6 June 2023 [4] Incumbent -
The Rwanda Defence Force Military Band Regiment is the ceremonial band that serves both State and Military. Although it represents the defence forces, it falls under the command of the Chief of Defence Staff. Since 2009 the RDF Military Band is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Ndayisabye. The RDF Band is made up of Headquarter and four ...
Operation Gabriel. Operation Gabriel was the codename for the British military contribution in Rwanda as part of the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda UNAMIR during the Rwandan genocide. British soldiers were deployed to Rwanda as part of a wider peacekeeping force that aimed to control the effects of the ongoing conflict and resulting genocide.