Brigadier General Francis Wanji Agwi,

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. Agwi's term as commander of the PNGDF ended in December 2013, and he was replaced by Colonel Gilbert Toropo. In January 2014 Agwi was appointed PNG's High Commissioner to New Zealand.

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