Lieutenant General Silas Ntigurirwa (born 12 December 1968 in Cibitoke Province, Burundi)[1] is a Burundian military officer, in the Burundi National Defense Forces (BNDF). Effective December 2013, he is the Commander of AMISOM, based in Mogadishu, Somalia.[2] Lieutenant General Silas Ntigurirwa is the first Burundian and first non-Ugandan to command AMISOM, since the creation of the Mission in 2007.[3] He served as AMISOM commander until December 2014 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Jonathan Kipkemoi Rono.
Succession table as Commandant of AMISOM
References
- ↑ "A huge step of Burundi Government and Army". Iwacu English News. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ↑ General Gutti Hands Over AMISOM Command To General Ntigurirwa Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ General Levi Karuhanga, A Ugandan, Was The First Commander of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) In 2007
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