MAJOR-GENERAL JIN HA HWANG APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN CYPRUS

MAJOR-GENERAL JIN HA HWANG APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN CYPRUS

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Jin Ha Hwang of the Republic of Korea as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to succeed Major-General Victory Rana who relinquishes his post on 15 December 2001.

Major-General Hwang enlisted as a cadet in the Army of the Republic of Korea in 1965.  He is a graduate of the Korean Military Academy, US Army Command and General Staff College and Central Michigan University.  He has held various military appointments in the service of his country including command of an artillery battery, battalion and at a higher level in the ROK-US Combined Forces, as well as Commanding General of V Corps Artillery.  Other assignments as colonel and general officer were primarily in political-military affairs and in strategy and policy positions with the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Ministry of National Defense.  He is presently serving as Defense Attaché in the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States in Washington, DC. 

Born in 1946, Major-General Hwang is married to Bo Kyung and they have two sons and one daughter.

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