Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba (born 11 June 1967) is the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff of the

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(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

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as Force Commander of the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in

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( UNAMID). A graduate of the

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, Nyamvumba previously served the RDF as a commander of infantry forces, Commandant of the Rwanda Military Academy in Nyakinama,

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, President of the Military High Court (2007-2009), Chief of Logistics, and Chief of Operations, Plans, and Training (1998-1999).

War crimes allegations

As the head of the Training Wing of the

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(RPF) during the

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, Nyamvumba allegedly commanded death squad operations in which Hutu civilians in RPF-controlled areas were butchered. 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

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and killed there, before being burned and incinerated.

References

External links

UN Biography Patrick Nyamvumba
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