Major General[1] Patrick Cammaert (Dutch: [ˈpɛtrɪ ˈkɑmaːrt]; born April 11, 1950 in Nijmegen) is a retired[2] Dutch general who served as the United Nations Force Commander for the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. He served since 1968 and graduated in parachuter and commando courses.[3] He was previously the Military Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Prior to that position, he was the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), as the Military Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and has spent a career in the Royal Netherlands Marines specializing in peacekeeping operations.
Cammaert is notable for having implemented many of the recommendations of the Brahimi Report.
In 2008 he received the Carnegie-Wateler peace price.[4]
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