United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced yesterday the appointment of Major General Erdenebat Batsuuri of Mongolia as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).
According to a press statement from UN Cyprus, Major General Batsuuri succeeds Major General Ingrid Gjerde of Norway, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her exemplary service and dedication.
Major General Batsuuri has had a distinguished career in the Mongolian Armed Forces, serving most recently as the Chief of Staff at the Mongolian Air Force Command (2020-2023). He was previously Senior Officer in the General Staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces (2017-2018) as well as Chief of the Peace Support Operation Division within the General Staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces (2014-2017).
He has been deployed in eight United Nations and North Atlantic Treaty Organization peacekeeping and peace support operations including in Iraq, Sierra Leone, Sudan and South Sudan. Notably, he served as a Contingent Commander in United Nations Mission in Liberia (2010-2011), and as a Battalion Commander in UN Mission in South Sudan (2013-2014). He also held the positions of Chief of Staff in UNMISS Sector South (2018-2019) and Juba Sector Commander (2021-2022).
Major General Batsuuri holds a Master’s degree from the National University of Defence in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, specializing as an Infantry officer. He is a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College and the Army War College in the United States. He is fluent in English and Mongolian.
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