Major General Jean-Paul Deconinck was the Force Commander of the
. Prior to this appointment on 2 March 2017 by
United Nations Secretary General
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António Guterres
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he was Commander Land Forces of the
Belgian Armed Forces
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Major General Deconinck has served as Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff and Commander of the Belgian Defence College. In addition he has held the positions of Commander of the
7th Brigade and Force Commander of the
EU Battle Group. He is a graduate of the Belgian
Royal Military Academy, with a master's degree in military and social sciences, the
French War College and the Defence College in
Brussels
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References
Belgian officials of the United Nations
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Belgian military personnel
United Nations peacekeeping
Royal Military Academy (Belgium) alumni
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