Amakuru ashyushye kuri kayumba nyamwasa biography

Rwandan former Lieutenant general (born )

Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa (born ) is a Rwandan former Lieutenant general who formerly was the Chief of Staff of the Rwandan Army from to He was also head of Rwandan intelligence from to ^[1] and served as Rwanda's ambassador to India between and Nyamwasa has been an opposition leader in exile since as part of the Rwanda National Congress.

Rise and fall with RPF

A Tutsi born in Uganda Nyamwasa grew up in Rubabo, Rukungiri in western Uganda. He was educated at St. Paul Seminary, Rushoroza in Kabale for O- Levels before joining St. Henry’s College Kitovu for A-Level.

He later earned a law degree in Makerere University. He later joined Yoweri Museveni'sNational Resistance Army in January and served as a Ugandan military officer before With Paul Kagame,^[2] he contributed to the creation of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) in the late s and was considered a central figure in the military during the