United Nations Truce Supervision Organization - Commanders (Chief of Staff) of UNTSO

Commanders (Chief of Staff) of UNTSO

Start Date End Date Name Rank Country
May 1948 July 1948 Count Thord Bonde Colonel Sweden
July 1948 September 1948 Åge Lundström Major General Sweden
September 1948 June 1953 William E. Riley Lt. General USA
June 1953 September 1954 Vagh Bennike Major General Denmark
August 1954 November 1956 E.L.M. Burns Lt. General Canada
November 1956 March 1958 Byron V. Leary Colonel USA
March 1958 July 1960 Carl C. von Horn Lt. General Sweden
July 1960 December 1960 R.W. Rickert Colonel USA
Jan 1961 May 1963 Carl C. von Horn Lt. General Sweden
May 1963 July 1970 Odd Bull Lt. General Norway
July 1970 October 1973 Ensio Siilasvuo Lt. General Finland
October 1973 March 1974 Richard Bunworth Colonel Ireland
March 1974 August 1975 Bengt Liljestrand Major General Sweden
September 1975 December 1975 Keith D. Howard Colonel Australia
January 1976 March 1978 Emmanual A. Erskine Major General Ghana
April 1978 June 1979 William O'Callaghan Lt. General Ireland
June 1979 January 1980 O. Forsgren Colonel Sweden
February 1980 February 1981 Erkki R. Kaira Major General Finland
February 1981 May 1986 Emmanuel Erskine XXXXX Ghana
May 1986 June 1987 William O'Callaghan Lt. General Ireland
June 1987 October 1990 Martin O. Vadset Lt. General Norway
October 1990 October 1992 Hans Christensen Major General Finland
October 1992 December 1993 Krisna Thapa Major General Nepal
December 1993 April 1994 John Fisher Colonel New Zealand
April 1994 June 1995 Luc Bujold Colonel Canada
June 1995 September 1995 Jaakko Oksanen Colonel Finland
October 1995 March 1998 Rufus Kupolati Major General Nigeria
April 1998 March 2000 Tim Ford Major General Australia
April 2000 March 2002 Franco Ganguzza Major General Italy
March 2002 Sept 2004 Carl Dodd Major General Ireland
November 2004 November 2006 Clive Lilley Major General New Zealand
November 2006 February 2008 Ian Gordon Major General Australia
February 2008 April 2011 Robert Mood Major General Norway
May 2011 Present Juha Kilpiä Major General Finland

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