Chander Prakash Wadhwa SM, VSM, (born 1953) is a senior

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Lt. General who was Force Commander of

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, the United Nations mission in the

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. He served from August 2010 until 31 March 2013. He joined the

in June 1973. From 1989 to 1990 he served as a military observer for the UNIIMOG mission in Iraq and Iran. He has also commanded a mountain division and a counter insurgency brigade. From January 2005 until February 2008, he was the

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of the Indian Embassy in Paris, France. His responsibilities included defensive cooperation with France and the

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-countries. He later became Additional Directorate General of Staff Duties at the Indian Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence, where he was responsible for the peacekeeping operations of India. Prakash was appointed as Force Commander of MONUSCO in August 2010, he succeeded Babacar Gaye. He himself was succeeded by Brazilian

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Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz Divisional general Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz (born 1 June 1952) is a Brazilian military officer who previously held the post of Force Commander of the United Nations' peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (known by its a ...

in March 2013.

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