- Guy Tousignant
Major-General Guy Tousignant, CMM (born 1941) is a Canadiansoldier .Born in
Sherbrooke, Quebec , he received aBachelor of Arts degree from theUniversité de Sherbrooke in 1962. He was commissioned with theCanadian Officers' Training Corps in 1962. He was promoted to Major in 1973, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1979, Colonel in 1983, and Brigadier-General in 1990. In 1990, he was appointed base commander ofCFB Borden . After being promoted to Major-General in 1993, he was appointed the Commandant of the National Defence College.He replaced
Roméo Dallaire as Force Commander ofUNAMIR in August 1994 (which was called UNAMIR II at that time) and also served as assistant Secretary-General of that mission. He departed from Rwanda onDecember 8 ,1995 , leaving the mission in the charge of his second-in-command, Brigadier-GeneralShiva Kumar ofIndia . UNAMIR was finally closed in March 1996.Tousignant is currently the Secretary General of CARE International Secretariat. The Secretariat, located in
Brussels ,Belgium , is the central hub of the CARE family, coordinating the efforts of 12 member nations around the world.In 1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Military Merit.
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External links
* [http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/general/guy-care.htm Reflections on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, by Guy Tousignant]
* [http://www.care-international.org/ Care International]
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