RDF PRESS RELEASE – PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENT IN THE RWANDA DEFENCE FORCE
REF:RDF/MPR/A/10/13/21
KIGALI, 17 DECEMBER 2021
H.E. THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE RWANDA DEFENCE FORCE HAS APPOINTED AND PROMOTED THE RDF PERSONNEL AS FOLLOWS:
- COL FRANÇOIS REGIS GATARAYIHA IS APPOINTED DEPUTY HEAD DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE AND DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
- THE PROMOTION IS AS FOLLOWS:
MAJOR TO LT COLONEL : 460
CAPT TO MAJOR: 472
THE APPOINTEMENT AND PROMOTION TAKE IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ORDER ESTABLISHING SPECIAL STATUTE GOVERNING RWANDA DEFENCE FORCE NO 044/01 OF 14 FEB 2020; POWERS TO PROMOTE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS TO HIGHER RANKS ARE VESTED IN THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA.
THEREFORE, THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF DEFENCE HAS PROMOTED NCOS AND OTHER RANKS AS FOLLOWS:
- WARRANT OFFICER II TO WARRANT OFFICER I : 4
- SERGEANT MAJOR TO WARRANT OFFICER II : 14
- STAFF SERGEANT TO SERGEANT MAJOR : 10
- SERGEANT TO STAFF SERGEANT : 225
- CORPORAL TO SERGEANT : 2,836
- PRIVATE TO CORPORAL : 12,690
THE PROMOTIONS TAKE IMMEDIATE EFFECT///
END
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