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RDF PRESS RELEASE – PROMOTION IN THE RWANDA DEFENCE FORCE

REF: RDF/MPR/A/10/11/23

Kigali, 19 December 2023

H.E THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF RDF HAS PROMOTED RDF PERSONNEL AS FOLLOWS:

A. PROMOTED FROM THE RANK OF BRIGADIER GENERAL TO MAJOR GENERAL (4 BRIGADIER GENERALS)

B. PROMOTED FROM THE RANK OF COLONEL TO BRIGADIER GENERAL (17 COLONELS)

C. PROMOTED FROM THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL TO COLONEL (83 LIEUTENANT COLONELS)

D. PROMOTED FROM THE RANK OF MAJOR TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL (98 MAJORS)

E. PROMOTED FROM THE RANK OF CAPTAIN TO MAJOR (295 CAPTAINS)

F. PROMOTED FROM THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT TO CAPTAIN  (4 LIEUTENANTS)

G. PROMOTED FROM NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS RANKS TO SECOND LIEUTENANT (226 NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS)

PROMOTIONS TAKE IMMEDIATE EFFECT.///