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Frank Mushyo Kamanzi
Lieutenant General Frank Mushyo Kamanzi is the current Rwandan Ambassador to Russia, having been appointed on November 29, 2019. He was previously the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, being was appointed on 11 April 2017 by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. Prior to that, he was the Force Commander of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. Career Kamanzi graduated from the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., with a master's degree in national security strategy, and from Makerere University in Kampala with a bachelor's degree in agriculture in the 1980s. He also studied at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji, Nigeria and the Army Command College in Nanjing, China, and is a graduate of both schools. From 2012 to 2015, he was the Army Chief of Staff in the Rwanda Defence Force. From 2010 to 2012, he held the position of Commander of the Rwanda Military Academy, and from 2007 to 2010 he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general. In modern armies, lieutenant general normally ranks immediately below general and above major general; it is equivalent to the navy rank of vice admiral, and in air forces with a separate rank structure, it is equivalent to air marshal. A lieutenant general commands an army corps, made up of typically three army divisions, and consisting of around 60 000 to 70 000 soldiers (U.S.). The seeming incongruity that a lieutenant general outranks a major general (whereas a major outranks a lieutenant) is due to the derivation of major general from sergeant major general, which was a rank subordinate to lieutenant general (as a lieutenant outranks a sergeant major). In contrast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia–Rwanda Relations
Russia–Rwanda relations (russian: Российско-руандийские отношения) refers to the bilateral relationship between the two countries, Russia and Rwanda. Diplomatic missions of Russia, Russia has an embassy in Kigali. History Soviet-era relations On 30 June 1962, a day before Rwanda History of Rwanda#Strife and lead up to independence, gained independence from Belgium, the Soviet Union sent a telegram to Kigali recognising Rwanda as a sovereign and independent state, and offered to establish diplomatic relations.Ginsburg, ''A calendar of Soviet treaties, 1958-1973'', pp.183 Diplomatic relations were established between the two states on 17 October 1963. Modern ties Rwanda recognised the Russian Federation in January 1992 as the successor state of the Soviet Union, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, latter's dissolution. Due to financial difficulties, the Diplomatic missions of Rwanda, Rwandan embassy Diplomatic missions in Russia, in Moscow clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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