Patrick Nyamvumba Explained

Patrick Nyamvumba
Office:Chief of Defence Staff of the Rwanda Defence Force
Predecessor:Lt Gen Charles Kayonga
Successor:Gen Jean Bosco Kazura
Term Start:22 June 2013[1]
Term End:November 2019[2]
Birth Date:11 June 1967
Birth Place:Rwanda
Rank: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 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

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. Some were hunted down and killed with guns or hoes and dumped in the Akagera River. Victims were also loaded onto trucks, taken to Akagera National Park and killed there, before being burned and incinerated.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: General P Nyamvumba New RDF Chief of Defence Staff.
  2. News: Odongo . Jacobs . Kagame sacks internal security minister . Daily Monitor . 28 April 2020 . en.
  3. Book: Twagilimana, Aimable . 6 November 2015 . Historical Dictionary of Rwanda; 2nd Edition. Rowman & Littlefield . 173–174 . 9781442255913 .
  4. Book: Rever, Judi. In Praise of Blood: The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front. In Praise of Blood. Random House Canada. 2018. 9780345812094. Toronto. 88–95, 241–242. 1030240106.