Silas Ntigurirwa

Lieutenant General Silas Ntigurirwa 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.[1] Lieutenant General Silas Ntigurirwa is the first Burundian and first non-Ugandan to command AMISOM, since the creation of the Mission in 2007.[2]

Succession table as Commandant of AMISOM

Military offices
Preceded by
Lieutenant General Andrew Gutti		 Commander of AMISOM
18 December 2013 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ General Gutti Hands Over AMISOM Command To General Ntigurirwa
  2. ↑ General Levi Karuhanga, A Ugandan, Was The First Commander of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) In 2007
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