Patrick Nyamvumba

Patrick Nyamvumba
General; 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	full general

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.

From 2013-2019, 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

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

"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. p. 173-174. ISBN 9781442255913.
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.

External links

UN Biography Patrick Nyamvumba

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[1] "General P Nyamvumba New RDF Chief of Defence Staff".

[2] Odongo, Jacobs (28 April 2020). "Kagame sacks internal security minister". Daily Monitor.

[3] Twagilimana, Aimable (6 November 2015). Historical Dictionary of Rwanda; 2nd Edition. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 173-174. ISBN 9781442255913.

[:0-4] 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.