| Name | Martin Agwai |  |
| Surname | Agwai | |
| First Names | Martin Luther | |
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| Title | Lieutenant General | |
| Country of Birth | Nigeria |
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| From | To | Organisation | Position |
| 2007 | United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur | Force Commander | |
| 2006 | 2007 | African Union Mission in Sudan - AMIS | Force Commander |
| 2004 | 2006 | The Nigerian Army | Chief of Staff |
| 2003 | 2006 | The Nigerian Army | Nigerian Army - Lieutenant General |
| 2002 | 2003 | UN - Department of Peacekeeping Operations | Deputy Military Advisor to the UN Dept of Peacekeeping Operations |
| 2000 | 2002 | United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone | Deputy Force Commander - UNAMSIL |
| 1999 | 2003 | The Nigerian Army | Nigerian Army - Major General |
| 1996 | 1999 | The Nigerian Army | Nigerian Army - Brigadier General |
| 1991 | 1996 | The Nigerian Army | Nigerian Army - Colonel |
| 1986 | 1991 | The Nigerian Army | Nigerian Army - Lieutenant Colonel |
| 1982 | 1986 | The Nigerian Army | Nigerian Army - Major |
| 1977 | 1982 | The Nigerian Army | Nigerian Army - Captain |
| 1973 | 1977 | The Nigerian Army | Nigerian Army - Lieutenant |
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| Notes | The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Alpha Oumar Konare, has appointed General Martin Luther Agwai of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the new Force Commander in Darfur. In accordance with the communiqué of the 66th meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council, held in Abuja, Nigeria, on 30 November 2006, the Force Commander is appointed by the Chairperson of the AU Commission, in consultation with the United Nations Secretary-General, and will report to the AU-UN Joint Special Representative for Darfur. General Agwai will serve first as the Force Commander of the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) and ultimately as the Force Commander for the AU-UN Hybrid Operation. He will be assisted by a Deputy Force Commander. General Agwai was born on 8 November 1948 in Kaduna, Nigeria. He has been Chief of Defence Staff of the Nigerian Armed Forces since 1st June 2006.Before that, he held several senior positions in the Nigerian Army, including being Chief of Army Staff. In his military career, he also served as Deputy Force Commander of the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), and Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at the UN Headquarters, in New York. [ http://www.amis-;sudan.org/personnel.html - Retrieved on 14 FEB 2008 ] Darfur's peacekeeper: Africa's toughest job? By Orla Guerin BBC News, Darfur If General Martin Luther Agwai's name is not yet familiar, it will be soon. He has been given one of the toughest jobs in Africa, and perhaps the most thankless: Commander of the new combined United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force for Darfur. General Agwai will lead the biggest peacekeeping operation in the world with 20,000 troops and 6,000 police under his command. [ BBC - 17 Sep 2007 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6998279.stm ] For recent interview with the Lt-Gen, see Newsweek, Oct 2007: http://www.newsweek.com/id/42461/page/1 [ Retrieved on 18 JAN 2008 ] |
| Record last updated on 14 FEB 2008 |