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Balla Keita (Lieutenant General)

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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]

Biographical information

From 2013 to 2015, Keita served as the Deputy Force Commander of the African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, and from 2007 to 2010 was the Sector Commander of the Mission. From 2012 to 2013, Keita held senior level government positions and was Inspector General of the Senegalese Armed Forces.

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 Military Academy of the German Armed Forces.

References

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


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