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Lieutenant General Balla Keita is a Senegalese military officer who is the United Nations Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Prior to this appointment of 11 February 2016 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Keita served as Acting Force Commander of the Mission.^[1]

Career

Keita was nominated Force commander of the UN MINUSCA with his term to run from 2016 until 2020. From 2013 to 2015, he served as the Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), a joint African Union-United Nations operation in Darfur, Sudan. From 2007 to 2010 he was the Sector Commander of the mission.

He held senior level military positions:

Officer in charge of training and operations at the General Headquarters
Director of information and public relations of the Armed Forces (DIRPA)
Army Chief of staff and Inspector-General of the Senegalese Armed Forces 2011-2015

General Keita is a graduate of several military schools, including the École militaire interarmes of France, the United States Army Command and General Staff College of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (USA), and the Command and General Staff Academy of the German Armed Forces, Hamburg. He is an alumnus of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).

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^ "Secretary-General Appoints Lieutenant General Balla Keïta of Senegal Force Commander of Mission in Central African Republic". United Nations.

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[1] "Secretary-General Appoints Lieutenant General Balla Keïta of Senegal Force Commander of Mission in Central African Republic". United Nations.

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-'''Lieutenant General Balla Keita''' is a Senegalese military officer who is the United Nations Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic ([[MINUSCA]]).
+'''Lieutenant General Balla Keita''' is a Senegalese military officer who is the [[United Nations]] Force Commander of the [[United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic]] (MINUSCA). Prior to this appointment of 11 February 2016 by UN Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]], Keita served as Acting Force Commander of the Mission.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sga1636.doc.htm |title = Secretary-General Appoints Lieutenant General Balla Keïta of Senegal Force Commander of Mission in Central African Republic |publisher=[[United Nations]]}}</ref>
+==Career==
-Prior to this appointment of 11 February 2016 by UN Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]], Keita served as Acting Force Commander of the Mission.
-<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sga1636.doc.htm |title = Secretary-General Appoints Lieutenant General Balla Keïta of Senegal Force Commander of Mission in Central African Republic |publisher=[[United Nations]]}}</ref>
+Keita was nominated Force commander of the UN MINUSCA with his term to run from 2016 until 2020.
-==Biographical information==
+From 2013 to 2015, he served as the Deputy Force Commander of the [[United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur]] (UNAMID), a joint [[African Union]]-United Nations operation in [[Darfur, Sudan]]. From 2007 to 2010 he was the Sector Commander of the mission.
+He held senior level military positions:
-Lieutnant-general KEITA was nominated Force commander of the UN Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) 2015 till 2020.
+* Officer in charge of training and operations at the General Headquarters
-From 2013 to 2015,he served as the Deputy Force Commander of the [[African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur,Sudan. From 2007 to 2010 was the Sector Commander of the Mission.
+* Director of information and public relations of the Armed Forces (DIRPA)
- He held senior level military positions : Officer in charge of trainng and operations at the General Headquarters,dieector of informations and apublic Relations of the Armed Forces ( DIRPA), Army Chief of staff and Inspector General of the Senegalese Armed Forces 2011-15.
+* Army Chief of staff and Inspector-General of the Senegalese Armed Forces 2011-2015
-General Keita is a graduate of several military schools, including the "École militaire interarmes]]" of France, the United States Army Command and General Staff College of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (USA), and the Command and General staff Academy of the German Armed Forces,Hamburg]].
+General Keita is a graduate of several military schools, including the [[École militaire interarmes]] of France, the United States Army [[Command and General Staff College]] of [[Fort Leavenworth]], Kansas (USA), and the Command and General Staff Academy of the [[German Armed Forces]], Hamburg.
-He is an aluminum of the GCSP Geneva.
+He is an alumnus of the [[Geneva Centre for Security Policy]] (GCSP).
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