Chief of Defence Staff (Rwanda)

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Chief of the Defence Staff
Umugaba Mukuru w’Ingabo z’u Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
Incumbent
General Mubarak Muganga
since 5 June 2023
Rwanda Defence Force
Reports to Minister of Defence
AppointerThe president
FormationApril 1992
First holder Déogratias Nsabimana
Website Official website

The chief of the defence staff is the highest-ranked officer in the Rwanda Defence Force and is responsible for maintaining control over the branches of the military.

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List of officeholders

Chiefs of staff (1992–1994)

No.PortraitName
(born–died)		Term of officeRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Noimage.png Major general
Déogratias Nsabimana
(1945–1994)		April 19926 April 1994 †2 years
2 Noimage.png Colonel
Marcel Gatsinzi
(1948–2023)		7 April 199417 April 199410 days [1]
3 Noimage.png Major general
Augustin Bizimungu
(born 1952)		17 April 1994July 19942 months [2] [3]

Chiefs of defence staff (1994–present)

No.PortraitName
(born–died)		Term of officeRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Noimage.png Major general
Sam Kanyemera  [ rw ]		199419983–4 years [4]
2 Kayumba Nyamwasa.jpg Lieutenant general
Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa
(born 1962)		199820023–4 years
3 James Kabarebe.jpg General
James Kabarebe
(born 1959)		October 200210 April 20107 years, 6 months
4 Charles Kayonga.jpg Lieutenant general
Charles Kayonga
(born 1962)		13 April 201023 June 20133 years, 83 days [5] [6]
5 Patrick Nyamvumba.jpg General
Patrick Nyamvumba
(born 1967)		23 June 20134 November 20196 years, 134 days [7] [6]
6 Kazura.JPG General
Jean Bosco Kazura 		4 November 20195 June 20233 years, 213 days [8]
7general
Mubarak Muganga
(born 1967)		5 June 2023Incumbent2 years, 45 days [9]

References

  1. ↑ Guichaoua, André (2015). From War to Genocide: Criminal Politics in Rwanda, 1990–1994. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 159, 212. ISBN   9780299298203.
  2. ↑ Dallaire, Roméo. "Ch. 11: To Go or To Stay?". Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda . pp. 292–293.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Times Reporter (14 August 2007). "Mukezamfura speaks out on General Kaka". newtimes.co.rw. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "President Kagame at Swearing- in of newly appointed Minister of Defense and Military Chiefs – Kigali, 13 April 2010". Paul Kagame. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Rwanda: Gen. Nyamvumba New Armed Forces Chief". All Africa. The New Times. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Leaders". mod.gov.rw. Retrieved Sep 6, 2019.
  8. ↑ 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>
  9. ↑ https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/8055/news/security/marizamunda-is-new-defence-minister-as-gen-muganga-becomes-army-chief
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