Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba (born 11 June 1967) is the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and the Minister of Internal Security of the Republic of Rwanda.
Patrick Nyamvumba | |
|---|---|
 Gen. Nyamvumba while he still worked at UNAMID | |
| Chief of Defence Staff of the Rwanda Defence Force | |
| In office 22 June 2013[1] – November 2019[2] | |
| Preceded by | Lt Gen Charles Kayonga |
| Succeeded by | Gen Jean Bosco Kazura |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1967 Rwanda |
| Military service | |
| Rank | General |
From 2013 to 2019, he served as the Chief of the Rwandan Defence Force. Prior to that, from 2009 to 2013, he served in Sudan as Force Commander of the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). A graduate of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Nyamvumba previously served the RDF as a commander of infantry forces, Commandant of the Rwanda Military Academy in Nyakinama, Musanze District, President of the Military High Court (2007-2009), Chief of Logistics, and Chief of Operations, Plans, and Training (1998-1999).[3]
War crimes allegations edit
As the head of the Training Wing of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) during the Rwandan Civil War, Nyamvumba allegedly commanded death squad operations in which Hutu civilians in RPF-controlled areas were butchered.[4] Nyamvumba's troops lured and killed Hutus at meetings.[4] Some were hunted down and killed with guns or hoes and dumped in the Akagera River.[4] Victims were also loaded onto trucks, taken to Akagera National Park and killed there, before being burned and incinerated.[4]
References edit
- ^ "General P Nyamvumba New RDF Chief of Defence Staff".
- ^ Odongo, Jacobs (28 April 2020). "Kagame sacks internal security minister". Daily Monitor.
- ^ Twagilimana, Aimable (6 November 2015). Historical Dictionary of Rwanda; 2nd Edition. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 173–174. ISBN 9781442255913.
- ^ a b c d Rever, Judi (2018). In Praise of Blood: The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front. Toronto: Random House Canada. pp. 88–95, 241–242. ISBN 9780345812094. OCLC 1030240106.
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