Chhatra Man Singh Gurung

General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung (born July 18, 1952) is a Nepali military officer and a former Chief of Army Staff of the Nepali Army.

Chhatra Man Singh Gurung
Born (1952-07-18) July 18, 1952
Allegiance Nepal
Service/branchNepali Army
RankGeneral
Commands heldChief of Army Staff

Gurung joined the then Royal Nepalese Army in 1971, and studied at the Indian Military Academy before receiving his commission. He later studied at the Command and General Staff College in the United States, and the National Defense University in China, as well as taking a degree from Tribhuvan University.[1]

During his career, he commanded an independent infantry company and battalion before two stints at brigade command. At divisional level, he commanded forces during counter-insurgency operations in western Nepal. Politically, he has been the Nepalese military attaché in the United Kingdom and France, and served as a staff officer with the UNIFIL peace-keeping force in Lebanon.[2]

He became acting Chief of the Army Staff after General Rookmangud Katwal left office in the middle of 2009, and was formally appointed as his successor on September 9, 2009.[3]

He retired on September 9, 2012[4]

Notes
  1. Official biography
  2. Official biography
  3. Nepal Times, September 9, 2009.
  4. http://www.nepalarmy.mil.np/coascorner.php

References
Military offices
Preceded by
Rookmangud Katawal		 Chief of Army Staff of the Nepali Army
2009 – 2012		 Succeeded by
Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana


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